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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 34 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I was using NextDNS instead of pihole because I wanted my ad blocking to still work when I’m out and about.

Couldn’t stay on the free tier because I make so many DNS requests. Which seemed weird - it’s just the two of us using the network?

Lo and behold, the fucking forgotten Roku attached to a TV was doing a fresh DNS lookup every 30 seconds to try to call home and send telemetry data. It accounted for like 60% of my DNS traffic!

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago*

    I use a simple WireGuard VPN to use my home DNS when I’m out. This container from linuxserver.io was really easy to set up, and the WireGuard app works great on iOS/Android. You can even have it automatically turn on and off depending on your network.

    I tried fancy mesh networks like Tailscale, but it was over-complicated for my setup and kept causing DNS issues. Some people find this works well for them, though.

    Either way, you can go full self-hosted this way and save money.

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