cross-posted from: https://kerala.party/post/347631
which is more effective, useful, and efficient?
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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I'm trying to find the article but it looks like just a question?
Local lets you customize what you want to block, which lists to subscribe to and quickly change settings or disable blocking which is useful for troubleshooting when something doesn't load. However local apps (I'm talking smartphone apps) can be blocked or routing https traffic through those apps can be refused by the apps you are filtering.
DNS filtering will let you filter all your devices at once but I don't think you have much control over what's exactly being blocked and it's less convenient to pause filtering (switch DNS).
If you're talking about tracker blocking on PC rather than mobile then it's a no brainer - use uBlock Origin addon your browser and you're golden.