I’ve been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I’m looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I’d like something that’ll run as an LXC container or a VM. I’m also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

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      10 months ago

      Pihole user for more than 5 years,.can confirm that it is indeed better, made the switch few months ago

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        10 months ago

        What makes adguard home better than pihole? Genuinely curious, I’m running pihole now and have been for a couple of years without issues.

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        What makes it better other than the UI? I’m weary of using it because it is developed by Russian developers.

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          10 months ago

          Encryption, UI, probably a little bit more serious development

          But encryption is a big thing, DoT, DoH, Quic. And soon they will have ECH

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              10 months ago

              Hold on, this is not the same encryption

              The encryption i was talking about is the encryption of your dns server

              The article you sent is talking about upstream dns server encryption

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            10 months ago

            That’s cool for certain applications but on my home network should I really be super concerned about DNS encryption?

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              10 months ago

              Not within the network, but translating regular dns to DoH before heading out to WAN keeps your browsing a little bit more private from your isp. Marginal, but it is a difference.

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              Probably not, but anyway it’s pretty cool to have an option to do this kind of stuff

              You can set up this dns on your phone, laptop, without a need of vpn (although vpns are cool, especially tailscale)

              But, are you always connected to the vpn? Or even to connect to the vpn itself you probably need dns, why would not use your own