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lightswitch05·Dec 4, 2020

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

In Self-host your fonts for better performance

harha·Dec 3, 2020

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

In Show HN: BeautifulCode, generate beautiful images of your source code

lightswitch05·Sep 29, 2020

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

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will probably be an Apple TV and I’ll remove the TV from the network completely. There are no open wifi connections in my area, so not too worried about it connecting to another network. [0] https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/ [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/230

In Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads

lightswitch05·Jul 13, 2020

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

In 13% of my website visitors block Google Analytics

lightswitch05·Jul 13, 2020

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...

In 13% of my website visitors block Google Analytics