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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It does, dns happens before the request to the server happens. So instead of connecting to the ad-server the dns says 'the resource you're looking for doesn't exist' and the ad never loads.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    I'm sleep deprived and can't for the life of me decipher, what I meant there 😀. But I feel I have meant something

    There's another problem yet: a lot of ads nowadays use the main domain of the site as the source. So you can't block it without blocking the site as a whole.

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