Newbeeeeee here. PiHole on a Raspi 1B running great. One question, which I think a know the answer - but... Is there a setting that doesn't block the ad but sends the code to /dev/null. I'm getting "We see you are blocking ads. Allow or Continue." And I can continue and read the post/page. But I'm also getting "You're blocking our ads. Remove block.". No continue. No ad - no read. Thanks
Pi-hole doesn't work like this.
When you visit a web page, your browser needs to show the page contents (including images, videos and ads).
Each resource comes from a domain, but the browser needs an IP to connect.
The browser asks to the DNS server (Pi-hole in this case): "What is the domain of example.com?"
Then Pi-hole will search this domain. If it should be blocked, Pi-hole answers with 0.0.0.0. If the domain is allowed, Pi-hole answers with the correct domain. Pi-hole's job is done.
After that the browser will request the actual content.
If blocked, the ad won't be loaded.
Why the page is showing "We see you are blocking ads. Allow or Continue."?
There is a script on the page that checks if all the ads were loaded.
If something is missing, that message is shown.
All of this happens on the browser. Pi-hole is not involved after the IP is returned.
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