So the reality is, almost everyone should spend the $50 and have a Pi-Hole, it will significantly improve security, privacy and performance. You control all resolutions, you can review DNS lookups locally and block or whitelist as desired, customize lists, etc. the way of Google/YouTube and allowed a safe browsing filter via DNS. The fourth big advantage is personal whitelist/blacklisting control so you aren't at the whims of some third party. The easiest way to configure and use AdGuard DNS is to download the AdGuard app. The third advantage is far more extensive blacklisting than available from any other adblocking source (DNS, Extension, VPN Loopback). Using an alternative DNS server will also ensure that your ISP is not able to log each and every minute of your internet browsing history and serve you ads or sell your data. The second advantage is it blocks ads on ALL devices on your network, even your IoT devices if you have any. One of the advantages (and it's a big one) of Pi-Hole is your DNS resolution time becomes 0ms, it's locally cached. The reason that list is there is it is one of the curated Pi-Hole lists you can load locally onto a Pi-Hole without re-directing out to Adguard (and the latency involved). AdguardDNS is ok, it's not extensive in it's blocking, here's the list AdBlock Plus (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Android, iOS) AdBlock Plus (ABP) is among the most popular ad blockers, with extensions available for Firefox. AdGuard DNS is an alternative solution for ad blocking, privacy protection, and parental control.

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