I've setup all my digital devices -- by which I mean mostly the primary laptop and cellphone (the chormebook screen is borked, and it's been a big PITA to use anyway -- to use a custom DNS resolver, nextDNS, and it's been working fanta-fucking-tistically!
First, it blocks all the ad sites right from the get-go. So even if some piece of crapware makes it through my ad blockers, the DNS resolver would have stopped it. And it stops all the tracking websites, which means no more random telematics being sent against my wishes. The major upside though is that it blocks ALL network traffic and not just on the browser. Also helps me keep track of how much data and tracking is happening in the background. IDK what you're doing headspace, but I see you're using my DNS resolver an awful lot, I tell ya!
The next step is to install tailscale on all my devices, and create my own tiny littler space where my machines can talk to each other and then eventually publish my 'website' through tailscale funnel when it eventually opens up for public beta.
Also, nextDNS has awesome API, so easy to track and look at analytics, and I also use it to block websites across all my devices. It's like a hosts file, but for all things!
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