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For those curious how efficient these things are, recently I did some tests using this tool (clear your cache between tests).

I had decided to install an additional DNS blocker on my OpenWRT router so I was curious how these methods stack up against each other.

I tested uBlock Origin, the Firefox built-in ETP (Enhanced Tracking Protection) and the router adblock (only a modest 65k IPs in the default set, you can add more).

Everything off gives me a score of only 3% blocked. Those 3% must be stuff so outrageous that they probably get blocked by upstream DNS servers.
Firefox ETP only, set to strict: 41%
Router adblock only: 69%
Firefox + router both on: 83%
uBlock Origin (alone or in combination): 97%

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Rexios@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I got a 100% on iOS using Wipr. Not sure that’s accurate if ublock origin didn’t even get a 100%…

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- Aethr@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Must be a different statistic, I believe OPs stats are “percent of total traffic blocked” so 100% means your entire network would be blocked…
  
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Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What list are you using on your router? I’m using Steven Black’s list (which is just an amalgamation of a bunch of other lists) for my PiHole and uBlock filter list, and Firefox scored 99% (only failing the cosmetic static ad test).

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- StopSpazzing@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  While easy to do, issue with doing this is you don’t give active views to the lists that get combine so the owners of those lists are less inclined to update/maintain them. I would recommend if the list is useful to get each of the combine lists he uses and add them all separately.
  
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- lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s the Adblock package for OpenWRT. The default selection is adaway, adguard, disconnect, yoyo, which is 3 x 10k lists and one 30k list.
  
  I see that it has support for compiling Steve Black lists but SB can vary 50 - 500k and I only have a router with 128 MB RAM. I’ll have to experiment with the “standard” SB list, see if it fits and if it makes any difference.
  
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