Following on from some reported issues with adblockers and resultant 'spoilers', I thought it might be useful to discuss current best practice, addons and resources.
Note I don't claim to be any sort of subject matter expert, just someone with a healthy interest in controlling the dissemination of my own data and what I choose to have shown on my screen.
Expect to have a healthy dose of paranoia from reading any further....
To start, at home I use PiHole for DNS, IPV6 is explicitly disabled as is DoH / DoT for all devices.
The current build of PiHole allows for groups to be created with different white / black lists so I can allow or block sites for Apple devices, visitors, TV's etc.
PC browsers are all Waterfox, with Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin, Canvas Blocker & I don't care about cookies, I also have skip redirect installed but pretty much turned off for most revisited sites.
Mobile is LineageOS (AOSP) with Firefox 68.11.0 (the 8
x is a pain!) and uBlock Origin. I'm also using AdGuard as a VPN & HTTPS filter.
Advantages:-
Faster browsing - less data transfer
Adverts - where?
Customisable websites - block elements you don't like or need
Reduce or stop Google, Facebook, etc. tracking you and selling your profile
Disadvantages:-
Configuration - are you sure you've blocked everything?
Usability - there's always a tradeoff, you might want to allow some sites (such as arrse) to benefit from your visits
Moveable feast - the 'opposition' will always be adapting, you need to keep up.
Knowhow - you need to learn how to use the addons beyond their default settings, this takes patience.
Not all sites will play nicely, you might need to look for alternatives once bitten by the privacy / adfree bug....
Note I don't claim to be any sort of subject matter expert, just someone with a healthy interest in controlling the dissemination of my own data and what I choose to have shown on my screen.
Expect to have a healthy dose of paranoia from reading any further....
To start, at home I use PiHole for DNS, IPV6 is explicitly disabled as is DoH / DoT for all devices.
The current build of PiHole allows for groups to be created with different white / black lists so I can allow or block sites for Apple devices, visitors, TV's etc.
PC browsers are all Waterfox, with Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin, Canvas Blocker & I don't care about cookies, I also have skip redirect installed but pretty much turned off for most revisited sites.
Mobile is LineageOS (AOSP) with Firefox 68.11.0 (the 8

Advantages:-
Faster browsing - less data transfer
Adverts - where?
Customisable websites - block elements you don't like or need
Reduce or stop Google, Facebook, etc. tracking you and selling your profile
Disadvantages:-
Configuration - are you sure you've blocked everything?
Usability - there's always a tradeoff, you might want to allow some sites (such as arrse) to benefit from your visits
Moveable feast - the 'opposition' will always be adapting, you need to keep up.
Knowhow - you need to learn how to use the addons beyond their default settings, this takes patience.
Not all sites will play nicely, you might need to look for alternatives once bitten by the privacy / adfree bug....