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>It's insanely hard to avoid that main stream media content It's very easy. I modify my hosts file with lists such as Steven Blacks [1] or the EnergizedProtection host lists [2] which are both continuously updated files containing know ad server URL's and whatnot. I can honestly say that I haven't seen an ad in years, let alone any form of divisive content. But I also might just not visit many websites where they show that stuff. The best solution to that is to avoid those sites if possible. [1] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts [2] https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block

If you're on any UNIX, grab a RAW hosts file off https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block#Formats and put it in /etc/ I use Unified. On FreeBSD and Linux, the OS handles the hosts file really fast, faster than ublock origin. Windows crawls to a halt with a large hosts file for some dumb reason.

I use a slightly customized version of the Energized Protection[1] block list, which acts as a DNS sinkhole but is really just a text file that you paste into /etc/hosts. Before that I was using Pi-Hole but I found it too cumbersome to maintain properly. (Additionally /etc/hosts entries are way easier to scan, modify and verify for non-maliciousness IMO.) In my browser I use uMatrix since it gives me fine-grained control over what websites can do. I have very strict default policies that break most sites but you can set them to whatever you want. Additionally I've written my own regex-based request blocker[2] for YouTube midroll- and page ads since I don't trust other, more opaque ad blocking solutions that handle those (like AdBlock Plus). It does break all other Google services I'm aware of however. (Which I could patch but I don't rea