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0 pointshannasanarion7y ago0 comments

You can't profit your way out of a problem you profited yourself into. There will never be enough people setting up PiHoles to offset the value of spying, and it's publishing platforms like StackOverflow that suffer.

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butteroverflow7y ago· 1 in thread

Wouldn't it be cool if it was solved on the provider level? They already have to set up DNS servers, might as well make it a Pi-hole instance.

majewsky7y ago

Many ISPs are part of conglomerates that also contain web content publishers, so they have a vested interest for ads to continue working.

Also, ISP-level adblock will lead to tons of support requests, esp. when news websites start blocking that ISP and tell customers to call the ISP's support to "fix" the internet.

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