My experience with PiHole is that it doesn't block the ads I'd like it to, and/or some sites become inaccessible. I suppose this is inevitable - given the site owners want you to see their ads they will do all they can to prevent you blocking them. The specific issues I've' had so far:
I needed to whitelist a few sites which Google uses when you do a search (say for LG TV), go to Shopping, and select an item. You don't see these when browsing normally and I suspect they are analytics or tracking sites.
I don't think it blocks many (if any) ads at the start of YouTube videos and similar
I couldn't get into My5.tv (Channel 5 TV services) at all
I have a couple of games on my phone - Candy Crush stil shows ads but Rummikub seems not to. I'm talking about the external video ads not the ones promoting in-game purchase etc, which I wouldn't expect it to block.
I suspect it does a reasonable job of removing webpage ads - I put it onto SWMBOs laptop and she said Mailonline was usable again. (Oh dear)
So for me it hasn't really done what I wanted - removing the video ads from video sources - unless I'm missing something.
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