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0 pointsjosefresco6y ago0 comments

> Your wife downloads a game on her phone, and you get that look like "ok, why isn't this working.. what did you do now?"

THISSSSSS. The only thing stopping me from using Pi-hole at home are my family members and the inevitable "this isn't working!?!?" rant and then I need to figure out how and what to whitelist. No thanks. I have ad blockers on the kids' PC and when something doesn't work, it's one click to temporarily turn it (browser extension) off.

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quaffapint6y ago

I've been running it for months now and so far none of my family has come back with any 'major' issues. The only ones, which I could whitelist are when they use something like google shopping that has affiliate links and they're blocked.

johnnycab6y ago

>The only ones, which I could whitelist are when they use something like google shopping that has affiliate links and they're blocked.

If you have impatient shoppers in your household, the blocked affiliate(s) might be a benign issue at first, but when you miss out on a buying opportunity and then an algorithm prices it higher (while you are conducting a 'whitelisting' exercise) - things can escalate very quickly..

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0 pointsjosefresco6y ago0 comments

> Your wife downloads a game on her phone, and you get that look like "ok, why isn't this working.. what did you do now?"

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quaffapint6y ago

johnnycab6y ago

>The only ones, which I could whitelist are when they use something like google shopping that has affiliate links and they're blocked.

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