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But it also highlights the point that you could’t really rely on, well, anything these days.

At least, not unless it’s something you have total control over.

Raspberry Pi Zero

Load up a cheap Raspberry Pi Zero with an ad blocker and never worry about it again.

As we’re seeing now, if support ends, you’re out of luck.

What you should be doing is hosting a personal ad blocker at home.

Nobody can take that away from you.

Raspberry Pi

You don’t even need the latest Raspberry Pi hardware for this, older ones work just fine.

It’s not expensive to get set up, and it gives the power back to you.

It really is just better.

Be it on your phone or PC or evenblocking ads on your Xbox.

Adguard Home

Have the same control as you’d get in uBlock Origin, but for every device you own.

The broader picture is that we should all be more reliant on ourselves over others.

This thought process should apply to all our data.

It’s like GOG offering offline installers for the games it sells.

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Make a way to keep your own software and data, and some of this reliance goes away.

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