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This is literally the internet nowadays without an adblock (discuss.tchncs.de)
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I cannot understand how some people are living with this. It is unbearable

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

PiHole just blocks the DNS. Facebook serves ads from their own DNS so it's not possible to block them in that way. Same with YouTube, I believe.

But if they click it, it usually ports you through a tracker link so they can track your clicks, and that's easy enough to block.