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1. the OP works for Plausible

2. The OP uses a non-standard call to Plausible which probably isn’t in many block lists

3. It’s in mine

So, the domain in question is ms.markosaric.com. Which is a CNAME to custom.plausible.io. uBlock Origin is able to block based on CNAMEs, but it is not a default configuration. PiHole V5 blocks based on CNAME as well, and it is actually enabled by default.

I run a little blocklist project [1] and I've had custom.plausible.io blocked in my list since April 8th [2]. So, although I didn't have ms.markosaric.com blocked directly in my list, the PiHole still would have blocked it via CNAME blocking. Also uBlock origin if you have CNAME blocking enabled.

[1] https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/

[2] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...

> uBlock Origin is able to block based on CNAMEs, but it is not a default configuration

It is a default configuration.

Thank you for the info, I'm sorry I misrepresented your project. For some reason I thought you had to enable advanced settings.

Thanks for everything you do with uBlock Origin and uBLock Matrix. uBlock Matrix is one my the primary tools I use when researching domains to add to my blocklist.

But this doesn't work on Chrome right?

> uBlock Origin is able to block based on CNAMEs, but it is not a default configuration.

I believe this is the default now, isn't it? [0]

[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.25.0

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/f8qnpc/ublock... The latest uBlock Origin blocks CNAMES >= 1.25

So Web Site owners are now back to Self Hosting with their own domain name and possibly with non default tracking javascript name?

That is a recent change, probably prompted by Ublock Origin [1] or others adding his tracker to the blocklist. This morning it was using the standard tracking call.

(The site owner submitted the site to HN, and is taking part in the discussion.)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23819934

Yes, correct. I did the study with June numbers using regular GA and regular Plausible. Plausible was not on any blocklists until yesterday from what I have learned in this thread.

Incorrect. Plausible has been blocked in my list since April 8th, including custom.plausible.io: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...

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