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minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·11 months agoAnd a Pi Hole for good measure.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·11 months agoA dns blocker cannot do anything more than ublock. It is nice for other apps though.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·11 months agoA DNS blocker is great for other devices on your network!
minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoIt works very well on browser and outside the browser. So if your software/hardware is phoning home, it will pick it up.
minus-squareKodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI am using NextDNS. Is there any advantage of using Pihole over nextDNS?
minus-square🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoNot that I can think of other than having more control (such as adding any Blocklist etc)
minus-squareToNIX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoOr Adguard Home, that I think is superior than Pi-Hole. It runs as a single instance and you can easily upgrade it from the web UI.
And a Pi Hole for good measure.
A dns blocker cannot do anything more than ublock. It is nice for other apps though.
A DNS blocker is great for other devices on your network!
It works very well on browser and outside the browser. So if your software/hardware is phoning home, it will pick it up.
I am using NextDNS. Is there any advantage of using Pihole over nextDNS?
Not that I can think of other than having more control (such as adding any Blocklist etc)
Or Adguard Home, that I think is superior than Pi-Hole. It runs as a single instance and you can easily upgrade it from the web UI.