[replacing the
local hosts file]
Works system-wide, as opposed to a browser plug-in that only works
in one specific browser. [...]
Dunno about Apple, but the HOSTS trick doesn't
allow for wildcards,
so you're always playing catch-up as the ad sites add new subdomains.
Well, instead of fiddling files, you could always just tell your house
DNS server it's authoritative for the node(s) you wish to prune out of
existence for you. You could put in a wildcard 127.0.0.1 record or
just leave the zones in question empty....
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