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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why shouldn't you let your browser use DNS over HTTPS?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because then it can bypass your ad-blocking DNS

DNS over HTTPS was a great idea for privacy if left in your hands, but immediately ran into the reality of intrusive advertising

[–] Hexarei 2 points 8 months ago

Because dns ad blocking is typically done with something like dnsmasq which doesn't support DNS over HTTPS, though it's easy enough to setup a resolver/forwarder that does