Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking?

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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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Your „free“ option just requires buying hardware that enables all of it and an intensive setup process and knowledge which might be quite time consuming.

It may be a good solution but it’s far from free for many people.

The free solution I was referring to was my comment about using ControlD, which certainly offers a free service....which is the comment that the other person was responding to.

Two things:

  • A free solution was already being talked about.
  • You can easily run pihole/adguard home on $20 hardware by following basic tutorials. It’s far from complex.