Hi, these domains are required to view static pictures, GIFs on Sina Weibo.

0.0.0.0 wx1.sinaimg.cn
0.0.0.0 wx2.sinaimg.cn
0.0.0.0 wx3.sinaimg.cn
0.0.0.0 wx4.sinaimg.cn
0.0.0.0 ww2.sinaimg.cn

Some examples:
https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/orj360/d12918d9gy1gb7yejhm4cj20v91jkgqu.jpg
https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/6f78a526ly1gdq0n25w2aj20u01hcx2t.jpg
https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/orj360/005LsRpPgy1gecjz74nsuj32bc3nxx6u.jpg
https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/006bIxwsgy1flktqn6ay1j30uk0kdjv9.jpg
https://ww2.sinaimg.cn/large/006rnLoxgw1f4haru0l0oj32tc480x6p.jpg

Also, js.t.sinajs.cn is required to watch videos on Weibo.

Example:
https://weibo.com/5933765431/K9Gb4h8zj

Hi,
This domain is required if someone is using the Pushbullet service, which allows universal copy+paste from Android<->PC, also phone notifications on PC.

Hello,
yastatic.net may be a false positive.
It is used for hosting static assets for cloud email client Yandex.Mail.
I have whitelisted on my end, but opening this ticket to inform you it may be a FP.

Hi I believe this is a false positive
I have been using the site to create and publish forms online
Thanks,

Why are you filtering out VPN providers?
This is a legit company...

CC @bjornstar @StevenBlack

Why did you blocking whole spotify services?? 😱

Please Whitelist these domains:

0.0.0.0 embed.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 www.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 developer.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 play.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 open.spotify.com
0.0.0.0 play.spotify.edgekey.net

Thanks

FM

Hello,
I have whitelisted widget-mediator.zopim.com on my end as I believe it may be a false positive
It breaks the "chat with support" widgets on sites such as ship.reship.com
Opening this ticket in case you want to remove it on your end

Used to display cookie consent dialog. Without it it breaks some pages (e.g. tme.eu product page) , also prevent from choosing cookie privacy options (accept/reject).

Hey, these following domains were intended to use in Energized Protection Web Check page, to let users know whether the pack was applied properly or which pack/extension they are using. They contain nothing but a webpage to let users know they aren't using that specific pack. Which were meant to be included in our lists only.

0.0.0.0	watchdog.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-basic.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-blu.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-blugo.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-dns.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-ext.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-porn.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-spark.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-ultimate.energized.pro
0.0.0.0	watchdog-unified.energized.pro

It would be nice if you can whitelist them from your lists. Thanks.

This is the Ashley Madison API
While morally gray, this is not a malicious nor advertisement domain
I have whitelisted locally, but just posting this as an FYI

This list seems to be blocking www.googleapis.com which breaks the Google Drive Windows app (Backup and Sync by Google).

Domains of Furk.net, a reputable cloud file storage service are included in the list. Please whitelist them.

ddl.furk.net & www.furk.net

It's used for podcast content delivery on Spotify. Energized is pulling from your list but that itself is unmaintained, so opening an issue here so the next automatic pull fixes it.

See EnergizedProtection/block#932 for details

Your list is blocking these two which are also necessary:

bjornstar-hosts.txt:0.0.0.0 player.megaphone.fm
bjornstar-hosts.txt:0.0.0.0 playlist.megaphone.fm

See also jerryn70/GoodbyeAds#268

This domains has been breaking Youtube recommendations and saving items to history

img.alicdn.com breaks AliExpress
its a CDN for their images

Out of curiosity, why is privateinternetaccess.com on your list?

This domain breaks youtube embedded videos in the Google News app

Hi,

It seems to me that reg34.smp.ne.jp is a false positive, it is used to host Japanese loan-related forms.

Sincerely,
Kebigon

The domain name images.ctfassets.net belongs to the Contentful CMS assets.

Is this intentionally blocked? It was added via 2da38aa and I don't believe this domain is intended to be blocked.

This domain is required for embedded videos on some sites
Eg. purposeinvest.com/canadians uses this for embedded videos.

Is the amp project intentionally blocked?

This entry causes domains like reddit's amp to not work.

added via 83fa25b

This domain is the SDK (software development kit) for shopify CDN (content delivery network). This broke shopify on some shopify sites for me such as https://astropad.com/product/lunadisplay/#buy_section

Hello,
livestream.com may be a false positive.
It is used for streaming online to an audience.
I have whitelisted on my end, but opening this ticket to inform you it may be a FP.

This is a CNAME for www.msn.com
That means if you're using deep packet inspection for blocking, MSN will be blocked
I have whitelisted on my end, just opening this ticket in case you wish to remove on your end

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I found www.digicert.com is blocked by your hostfile, but it is a SSL certificate authority, not an advert, so I think it is a false positive

Hi
I believe this false positive is breaking youtube thumbnails

thanks

@bjornstar great project. Thanks. Please consider whitelist openload streaming domains.

openload.co
openload.io

at https://github.com/bjornstar/hosts/blob/master/hosts#L3964

CC @StevenBlack