I love the VPN and the ability to block Malware as an option. However, I’m still seeing many ads and it’s quite annoying. I tried layering NextDNS since there are preset ad blocking options with no luck. Furthermore, I didn’t have any luck with any ad blocking options on the browsers. Does anyone have idea on how to block ads?
Edit: WARP+
Cloudflare has 3 options
1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 DNS over https
1.1.1.2 / 1.0.0.2 Same as above with malware protection
1.1.1.3 / 1.0.0.3 which includes everything above plus blocking of sites that are not child-friendly - porn, gambling etc
AFAIK Cloudflare does not have an option to block ads. If most ads are on YouTube / Facebook / Instagram, pls note you can’t block those as they are served directly from the respective domains - not ad domains.
Pihole works, but not with VPN unless you can do advanced routing. Probably, a local solution is best, or as you have asked, a DNS solution that blocks ads.
I’ve used pihole for my home network DNS with cloudflare configured as forwarders. Might also have luck with some sort of browser extension but I can’t recommend any.
iOS I haven’t had any luck
I have a pi lying around and I could that. Do you think the VPN would circumvent pi though?
Not if you’re using your PI for your DNS lookups. Or are you talking about using WARP as the (VPN)?
Edit: I realize that is what you meant, my bad. Yea you’d probably be stuck using a browser extension while WARP enabled. I don’t typically run WARP while home on my own network, thus the pihole with cloudflare forwarders. On the go however, I do and you’d probably have to sacrifice ads unless going the extension route.