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Originally Posted by King Mark
Ad blocker?
Edit: i didnt see the post above, I have no idea what any of that shit is.
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It's really cool. It's made up of 2 things: Free software:
https://pi-hole.net and a Raspberry pi computer:
https://www.amazon.com/ELEMENT-Eleme...gateway&sr=8-3
The computer itself costs $35.00 only. You need an SD card and a power supply but you can usually find this bundled for about $60 or so.
The computer runs Linux. Just install linux, then pi-hole, then some basic configuration. Connect it to your home network and then make it your DNS and voila! 75% of ads are blocked. Your pages load a lot faster too as you're not wasting bandwidth on ads.
Do this: go to
https://www.speedtest.net, and then compare the screen you see to the screen that I see:
Huge difference!
My only complaint is that it does not block enough ads on youtube. If I get to guess I'd say it blocks 50% of ads which is still good, but ..
Anyway, once its on your network it works on all your devices including computers, smartphones and smart TV's.
And, it's a fun little project to do.