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So I’m an usual user here - I’m tech savvy compared to most people (film/television background and just a general nerd) but I am a Luddite compared to y’all around here. I imagine it’s not hard to set up, but what does it give me that ad guard + proton + brave (mobile) and proton + brave w/ uBlock origin (Mac) don’t?



Yeah its super easy to set up, but the biggest reason you would want to use it in addition to other adblocking stuff is that it works outside of browsers - you can block telemetry from your smart lights, you can stop a random app on your phone from showing you ads etc etc.

It does in theory also help block some malicious sites so you do get a bit of added security in that way. That can also be helpful if you have kids - block sites you don't want them on etc.

Personally I've also found their servers to be reasonably performant, no issues with query response times or anything like that.


Appreciate it! I’m going to get it all set up tomorrow.




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