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I prefer blocking ads by browser extension for PC/iOS and device local MiTM solution (like AdGuard) for Android because these solutions can block more precisely and easier to unblock things permanently or temporary, compared to DNS server solution like Pi-hole or NextDNS. Why choose DNS solution? I suspect the reasons are maybe like for lower resource usage (especially for smartphones), works for smart device like TV.

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Content Blockers only work in Safari. There are a host of other apps that I use that are susceptible to ads and tracking. (e.g. Apple News, Apollo (reddit app), hacker news apps, etc. )

MiTM solutions work for other apps too.

There's a chrome extension where you can disable the ad-blocking on Pihole temporarily.

Not knowing how to disable it temporarily has been the one thing stopping me from adding Pihole to our network (need to test ads for clients sometimes...) so thank you.

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