hagezi / dns-blocklists

DNS-Blocklists: For a better internet - keep the internet clean!
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Lock the entire domain, not its sub domains #1810

Closed topminipie closed 1 year ago

topminipie commented 1 year ago

Which domain(s) should be blocked?

googleadservices.com googletagmanager.com urbanairship.com

Why should these domain(s) be blocked?

Lock the entire domain, not its sub domains (third level).

Example In Pro AdBlock list: afs.googleadservices.com pagead2.googleadservices.com partner.googleadservices.com partner46.googleadservices.com partnerssl.googleadservices.com privacysandbox.googleadservices.com Why not block the entire domain at once, rather than list the third level? Like Ultimate list.

Same with the other two.

hagezi commented 1 year ago

www.googleadservices.com is referral domain, not used for ads, only blocked in Ultimate.

www.googletagmanager.com breaks some sites and video playback, only blocked in aggressive lists (Pro++ and Ultimate)

some subdomains of urbanairship.com breaks some apps, e.g.

topminipie commented 1 year ago

Okey, thank you for explaining!