Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : Ogg
From : McDoob
Date : Sun Jan 02 2022 15:51:37

 Og> But your account is still pulling in the same data from your  
 Og> ISP, right?  PiHole may prevent the data reaching your end  
 Og> devices, but PiHole needs the data to process it.  From a data  
 Og> usage perspective, it's still a losing battle.
 Og> 

I understand what you mean, but you are mistaken. The 'pull request' is what
PiHole removes. Therefore, the ad is never downloaded. Very similar to how
ad-blockers work, but on a network scale, instead of per-browser.

Again, it's not perfect. Some websites become broken when the code is
removed. Lots of ad-heavy sites also have anti-ad-blocker code, now. And, ad
servers change over time; new ones go up, old ones go down, proxy is a thing,
etc.

It's still better than having ads everywhere. Better than having an ad
interrupt a YT video every 5 minutes, and paying my ISP to watch 'em.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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