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On the flipside, I was able to purchase three albums in FLAC format, DRM free, from an obscure band that I thought wouldn't have a legitimate path to purchase.

https://boomkat.com/artists/magic-lantern

I also use Linux exclusively at home, with a paranoid-level of lists added to my pihole, so I don't see anywhere near as much friction as the average user.

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> with a paranoid-level of lists added to my pihole

This is your regular reminder that many websites you are visiting are proxying your data to facebook for them. There is no host to block here.

Check out the Facebook Conversions API Gateway.

Does uBlock Origin block this by default?

If not, what are the counter-measures?

No and none.

Well that sucks, but my pihole still makes a huge enough difference to my internet experience that I can usually immediately tell if I'm not behind it.

>so I don't see anywhere near as much friction as the average user.

What do you mean by friction?

All of the things that get in the way of what you actually want when you use the internet; the list of seventeen things in section 6 of the article.

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