AAaabiji·Oct 14, 2024
You could setup a proxy server to block ads.
This might be of interest to you:
https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky
In Ask HN: What are you replacing uBlock Origin with?0xERR0R
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Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features
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Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2024 | 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2024 | 2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2024 | 2024-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2024 | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2024 | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2024 | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesWant to throw in blocky (https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky). Supports modern protocols and easy to configure in one file. Migrated to this from pi-hole and never looked back.
In Self-Hosting DNSShow HN: Blocky – Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network
4 points · Open discussionI'm still using a first gen Raspberry Pi Model B to run an adblocking DNS server (github.com/0xERR0R/blocky), and PiVPN (Wireguard). For the most part, it works great except apt-update occassionally maxing out the CPU/RAM which causes my services and sshd to be killed.
In Raspberry Pi 5Yes, it is. I'm using gokrazy with blocky[0] on a Raspberry Pi as a replacement ever since my PiHole died to sd card failure. It's been running very reliably.
Another thing that should very much be in Xe's wheelhouse: For non-go software you can write a small go wrapper which launches the software from a nix closure. This is a fun way to get a single-purpose RPi up and running.
[0]: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky
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