Which DNS based ad blocker do you suggest?

Question

I use nextDNS, and I am wondering if there are any better adblockers that also protect privacy which is preferred by the HN community.

eftepede · Accepted Answer

I'm happy with blocky. I was using pihole before it, but blocky gives me DoH out of the box (without a second service/container for it). It also can bootstrap itself (download blocking rules) via DoH. Thanks to it, my DHCP broadcasts my blocky instance(s) as 'standard' UDP DNS servers for everything at home, but all the DNS traffic going outside my gateway is on DoH.The next thing on my list is to craft my own set of blocking rules. Currently I'm using the set from a friend, who was using blocky before me.

Brajeshwar · Answer

I went from Pi-Hole to NextDNS to (now) AdGuard (alongside AdGuard DNS and their VPN).

runjake · Answer

NextDNS is the best I've found for my use cases[1].
1. Stuff like:
- Decent filtering, blocking, and logging.
- Remote/mobile use when away from home and
- Low latency servers using AnyCast and solid connections.
- Cheap/affordable.

Which DNS based ad blocker do you suggest?

I use nextDNS, and I am wondering if there are any better adblockers that also protect privacy which is preferred by the HN community.

I went from Pi-Hole to NextDNS to (now) AdGuard (alongside AdGuard DNS and their VPN).

NextDNS is the best I've found for my use cases[1].1. Stuff like:- Decent filtering, blocking, and logging.- Remote/mobile use when away from home and- Low latency servers using AnyCast and solid connections.- Cheap/affordable.

NextDNS is the best I've found for my use cases[1].
1. Stuff like:
- Decent filtering, blocking, and logging.
- Remote/mobile use when away from home and
- Low latency servers using AnyCast and solid connections.
- Cheap/affordable.