Realistically it doesn’t need to request the DNS record every time. It’s probably retrying over and over because you blocked it, otherwise it would just cache the result for a while.
I remember some huge number of blocked requests when I set up my pihole, but eventually they calmed down as devices gave up their retrying.
Mine too. I’ve got 1.6 million sites blocked in pihole from multiple lists, they don’t chatter much. I’m not saying they aren’t listening/spying, but I do like having them and until I get a new home and a different system, they can talk a little.
Realistically it doesn’t need to request the DNS record every time. It’s probably retrying over and over because you blocked it, otherwise it would just cache the result for a while.
I remember some huge number of blocked requests when I set up my pihole, but eventually they calmed down as devices gave up their retrying.
Mine too. I’ve got 1.6 million sites blocked in pihole from multiple lists, they don’t chatter much. I’m not saying they aren’t listening/spying, but I do like having them and until I get a new home and a different system, they can talk a little.