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Posthog is on developerdans "Ads & Tracking" blocklist[1], if you're wondering why this doesn't load. [1]: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/docs/list...

Its pretty disgusting to track people against their consent, even more so to circumvent their protections against tracking. I added your domain to my blocklist: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/bb2cd77c9ec028...

I maintain a small hosts file project for blocking ads and tracking. I get so many complaints about blocking google fonts that I had to add a section to my README specifically for it [0]. I don't block google fonts, but I do block gstaticadssl.l.google.com and most blockers will block based on CNAME values now. Oh well. [0] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts#google-fonts

The fonts don't change with my browser, not sure if it's because of Safari or the domain blockers I use. That being said, there was a recent discussion on dev fonts that might be interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25159038 Edit: Seems to be the domains that are blocked, doesn't work with Firefox or Chromium either. I might need to open fonts.google.com Edit Edit: this seems to be the issue https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts#google-fonts

The pihole is nice, but isn’t a silver bullet. I have a roku tv, I hate it, but I think I hate it less then I would hate another smart tv like Samsung or LG. No cameras or built in microphone- although the remote does have a microphone, but I imagine it would kill the batteries quickly if it was listening when it’s not supposed to. Anyways, to add some context, the roku has ads too, the external roku devices do too. The fire sticks also have ads. I run a little hosts blocklist project [0] and recently had a interesting ticket about blocking the roku ads [1]. What it boiled down to is blocking a couple more domains and setting up your home firewall to prevent the TV from bypassing your pihole and talking directly with 8.8.8.8. Given DoH, who knows how long this option will be viable. I don’t watch TV, but my next big Entertainment purchase

Incorrect. Plausible has been blocked in my list since April 8th, including custom.plausible.io: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...

So, the domain in question is ms.markosaric.com. Which is a CNAME to custom.plausible.io. uBlock Origin is able to block based on CNAMEs, but it is not a default configuration. PiHole V5 blocks based on CNAME as well, and it is actually enabled by default. I run a little blocklist project [1] and I've had custom.plausible.io blocked in my list since April 8th [2]. So, although I didn't have ms.markosaric.com blocked directly in my list, the PiHole still would have blocked it via CNAME blocking. Also uBlock origin if you have CNAME blocking enabled. [1] https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/ [2] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...

I didn't realize it was an AMP link until I clicked and saw that it had been blocked. I have a growing hosts block list specifically for AMP hosts. If anyone else wishes to block some AMP hosts, here is the link: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/amp-hosts... I don't use Google anymore, so the list only has 362 at the moment, but I keep adding more as I find them. Pull requests are welcome!

As far as I know, the pi-hole maintainers do not maintain any of the default block lists. I maintain a list [1] that is then feed into the popular host list by Steven Black [2] - which is a default list. I definitely do not want to break things for people and I'm happy to remove any reasonable domains from the list. I wouldn't consider google analytics a reasonable one to remove - but you get the idea. I hate to hear you had a bad experience of it. If my list had the breaking domains for you, I would of loved to have a ticket opened where we could discuss it. Sometimes it isn't clear cut between ads & tracking and useful services. [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts [2] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

I love CT logs! I use them to discover subdomains for my hosts file block list [1]. While it can't expand on domains that use wildcard certs - or no certs at all - it's better then nothing since hosts files don't support wildcard blocking. Some things I've learned while working with them: * CertSpotter [2] is a fantastic CT client written in Go that supports pattern matching. I've been running it locally with `.` match pattern and so far have a 4 gig file of unique domain names. I'm excited to see the end result once it catches up to current time. * https://crt.sh/ is a great website to search CT logs and supports wildcards. It's currently the workhorse behind my hosts project, but I hope to remove them as a dependency once my own domain list is caught up to present day * It looks like OP's tool is just a thin client for entrust API [3] a

I block AMP and its related domains in my aggressive blocking hosts list[1]. I've found many AMP related sites are purely for marketing, or 'news' articles that are thinly veiled ads. I haven't missed it at all. I also don't use Google, so perhaps that it part of it, but I applaud your decision to remove AMP. The web isn't meant to be centralized in this way. [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/tracking-...