Which workflow helps you to block unwanted content?

[Omig]

As @drunkenvicar wrote in another post, let’s start a poll/discussion about using /etc/hosts, browser-extensions, firewall, iptaples, pi-hole,… for blocking unwanted content.

@drunkenvicar

Not to hijack, but I have been meaning to post a poll/discussion about if people still use hosts file vs iptable rules blocking vs at router vs at firewall vs extensions vs pihole etc etc. Haven’t used a hosts file since Windows daze. So it was interesting to see one…I have considered it for linux…I checked out edit: source’s 4 sources and saw what they blocked.
I think my Umatrix does all this heavy lifting but one can never be sure.
I digress.

So, what do you use on your system?

• /etc/hosts
• firewall
• iptables/nftables
• extensions for browsers
• pi-hole
• filterlist in router
• other…
• nothing

Feel free to comment and let’s have a look at maybe another solution than the own setup. It’s never too late to improve the system.

[Omig]

I use

• filterlist in my router (not many entries possible, works for smartphone/tablet too)
• browserextension: ublock origin
• a customized /etc/hosts (works even if I’m not at home), https://ajacobsen.github.io/block-tracker/

[drunkenvicar]

I voted extension (umatrix at default will annihilate most of the page–you have to work with it) and firewall. look forward to more votes and reasons.

[z580c]

I have uBlock Origin installed by default since I use LibreWolf, but I voted pihole because while a browser extension does some blocking on my laptop, my pihole does blocking across my entire network of devices

It’s a bit overkill doubling up like that perhaps but the extension is installed by default and it’s not doing any harm so

I was standing up docker containers on my home server for a variety of hobby projects and decided to go nuts and build a bunch of novelty stuff, which ended up including a container for pihole just because I could. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how well it works, especially across the assorted phones and tablets in the house.

[drunkenvicar]

I found a hosts file from 2015 that blocks only google services/servers. On the hunt now for a a modern one. For the sport of it .

Can you imagine a 100% google-free online life?

[xircon]

I voted extensions, tried pi-hole, but doesn’t play nice with other vpns like tailscale.