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Comment · 8 years ago
Buying isn't always the best option but don't forget about potential appreciation and tax write-offs in your financial decisions.
Comment · 8 years ago
There is no doubt that pihole works for some people. I'm just giving my honest review: it didn't work for me. It blocked too much. I asked for guidance and got a lecture about privacy.

And I did find a solution, just not with you product :)

Comment · 8 years ago
Can't find it, it may have been on chat.

But I did find a very similar request here with a work around: https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/49ckht/feature_requ...

So I understand you don't control the lists, but you do control the oobe and it seems like it might not be working for some people.

Comment · 8 years ago
You can whitelist but it isn't easy for non-technical users and becomes a huge chore.

And this story is 100% accurate. I'll try and find it.

Comment · 8 years ago
Yes, it was. In fact, I think it was you personally, lol.
Comment · 8 years ago
They may be suffering in silence. Ask them if any sites or emails seem broken.
Comment · 8 years ago
I spoke directly with the pihole maintainers. They took a Hardline position that them blocking email from my city was the right thing to do because it used click tracking or some other metric gathering and was deemed a privacy risk.

I understand the devotion to a cause but it was too myopic for me.

Comment · 8 years ago
Yes you can. But having non-technical people verbalize the need to whitelist a domain is incredibly painful.
Comment · 8 years ago
How do I edit the hosts file on my iPhone?
Comment · 8 years ago
I tried pi-hole but my family couldn't make it work. Pihole blocks a lot of content they want to see, for example, email newsletters from our city gov. I understand why (privacy/tracking concerns) but it was just blocking too much and frustrating non-technical users in my house.
Comment · 8 years ago
They keep your cc on file so the next transaction is simply a text message.
Comment · 8 years ago
Boobs
Comment · 8 years ago
For some people, Google sheets was their first spreadsheet and people tend to stick with what they know.

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