Posted under Phar’s comment, but here’s the direct link

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt

Pretty sure it’s the smart TV blocklist from Wally3k / Firebog. I’ll confirm and update later if I find out otherwise.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt

The amount of Roku stuff my PiHole blocks is asinine. I just recently added a blocklist for smart TVs and it ballooned the query counts like mad.

+1 for PiHole. Worth the ~$40 for the Pi Zero W and accessories alone.

Wish I knew, never used it! I only ever used Shut Up 10, as prior to 10, the telemetry wasn’t as prominent, or at least seemingly so.

I’ve been using Shut Up 10 by O&O Software for ages now. Turns off all recommended telemetry and you can go a step further and disable a ton of stuff, basically anything irksome that M$ pulls.

It’s free as well. I haven’t noted any negative issues with it. Also works on Win 11

Fantastic, you’re hired!

So I never really dabbled in DDG. I did for a little while, but just like Brave (Eich being a POS, anti-LGBTQ, questionable crypto BS, etc.), some dirt came up for DDG that steered me away. Although, now doing more digging, and even Startpage has its issues. I really don’t like this hopping round thing.

I just switched from Chrome to Brave, and then shortly after from Brave to Vivaldi. Search engine is now Startpage.com, which while slower than Google, it’s been bringing up decent results. Unfortunately I still use quite a few Google-centric apps, so hopefully I’m able to discover more options as time goes on.