Hi, I was wondering, is it useful to use multiple adblockers in a row?

I don’t mean 4 or five 5 browser extensions more like a chain of adblockers, one on every passing network point.

Adblock DNS -> Pi-Hole -> Linux System with hBlock -> Browser with uBlock Origin

I have only a 10 Mbit Internet connection, so I fear that this would slowdown pageloads to much. On the other hand there are filterlists that uBlock can use where as Pi-Hole can’t.

So what combination does make sense (is efficient in every aspect) and what do you use?

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    9 months ago

    DNS blocking doesn’t affect speed, but anything that blocks elements inside a page or a script running in the background does. But it shouldn’t really be noticeable from the internet perspective.

    • LWD@lemm.ee
      1·
      9 months ago

      I’ve noticed big differences in performance tests when I have used a browser with and without uBlock Origin enabled. But it’s kind of tough to read that as a singular metric, because the tests are run on simple web apps that don’t have ads. (That, and I don’t know how reliable my own testing is.)