Whitelist/allowlist is easier, e.g., it's smaller

Depends on the user but not everyone is visiting new websites everyday

Even for those that are, the number of domain-IP mappings needed will be relatively small

Definitely under 140,000

Most DNS data I use is "static", it rarely changes. As such most times I don't have to make DNS queries. I store the domain-IP mappings in proxy memory; this is faster than DNS

No "blocklist" needed

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sheept 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I would think that a regular user of Hacker News would be visiting new websites every day (though it'd definitely still be below 140k)

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Etheryte 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is all a guesstimate, but my gut feel is that a considerable part of the HN population doesn't even read the linked content, only the comment section here.

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jasonjmcghee 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I sure hope that's not true. Maybe hit the comments section first?

	▲	lhoff an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Depends on the content, for all of these model release marketing sites, I for example only read the comments. If i would estimate it, I only take a look at 1/4 of the links where i read the comments.
	▲	dwedge an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		With github being the exception, I use comments to see if the article is AI. If it is, I prefer the condensed opinions in the comments. Not to say it can't be interesting I just don't want to waste time reading overly verbose generated text.