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Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly
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geniuslinkcdn.com #350

Closed ler762 closed 2 years ago

ler762 commented 2 years ago

What's your opinion on affiliate links?

Aside from the sketchy nature of affiliate marketing they seem to me to also do tracking, so I like blocking them.

source https://thehometheaterdiy.com/hdmi-with-ethernet/

which calls geniuslinkcdn.com/snippet.min.js which (i think) calls target.georiot.com/

I'd say block .geniuslinkcdn.com/ and .georiot.com/

lightswitch05 commented 2 years ago

*.georiot.com is already in the list.... I don't normally add affiliate domains unless it does active tracking. I figure if you click the link, then you want it to work. This one is a bit different where it loads immediately regardless of clicking. I'm ok with adding it on at least a trial basis and if people complain then move it to the aggressive list.

lightswitch05 commented 2 years ago

in the next release