Albin Jose@lemmings.world to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agoWhich is the best adblocking hostfile that has less false positives for a normal user ?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareWhich is the best adblocking hostfile that has less false positives for a normal user ?Albin Jose@lemmings.world to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNever really tried the hostsfile approach. Why is it slower?
minus-squareSupermariofan67@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s a lookup in a static text file, rather than a database which is optimized and structured for quickly querying an item from a list of millions of entries
minus-squareAlbin Jose@lemmings.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThen what is the solution for you?
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI use ublock Origin everywhere and started using Pi-hole as well.
Never really tried the hostsfile approach. Why is it slower?
It’s a lookup in a static text file, rather than a database which is optimized and structured for quickly querying an item from a list of millions of entries
Then what is the solution for you?
I use ublock Origin everywhere and started using Pi-hole as well.