Comment on Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life

• AstralWeekends@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  NextDNS and similar services basically host the pi-hole on your behalf. Pi-hole setup involves installing packages on a device that will handle your ad content filtering and related network configuration; NextDNS involves getting a URL to copy-paste into your phone, computer, or network’s DNS configuration settings. The latter is far less labor-intensive. The trade-off is that you have less control over how things get blocked. Pi-hole is more of a local solution than NextDNS, but if you don’t want to fuss with the tech and just want to start blocking more ads, go with NextDNS (or similar).

  Here is an article that covers info about how to set this up on an Android phone and several private DNS provider options: theupdatebox.com/how-to-enable-private-dns-on-and…

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  • hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m guessing you can’t run it alongside a VPN then, right?

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    • tdp@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You can, but you can’t use the app. Instead, you configure your DNS to target NextDNS IPs.

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      • hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ah okay. Guess it’s not much different than using Mullvad’s content blocking DNS then.

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