bullet list blocklist explainer

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:bulb: The **Balanced** tier is recommended for everyday browsing, based on my testing and user feedback.<sup>[1](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/s2gzc5/oisd_vs_1hostsminiliteproxtra/hsgmp5n/) [2](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/xoyyw2/nextdns_as_a_set_it_and_forget_it_solution/iq1k6tx/) [3](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/vuon2a/one_profile_for_lan_devices_another_profile_for/iffegc5/?context=2) [4](https://old.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/vn8olr/please_could_someone_recommend_me_a_good/ie5meel/?context=2)</sup>
:question: You may wonder why other lists are not utilized. This is because many list maintainers do not remove false positives or are no longer active.<sup>[1](https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/356) [2](https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block/issues/916)</sup> Many maintainers also aggregate common blocklists into their own list.<sup>[1](https://github.com/badmojr/1Hosts/blob/master/-data/lists/assets.txt) [2](https://oisd.nl/includedlists/full/0) [3](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant) [4](https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block#packs-2)</sup> One problem with using a single blocklist is that you are using the list maintainer's allowlist.
:question: You may wonder why other lists are not utilized. This is because many list maintainers:
* do not remove [false positives](https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/false_positive) and/or are no longer active <sup>[1](https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/356) [2](https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block/issues/916)</sup>
* already aggregate common blocklists (Easylist/Fanboy, uBlock, AdGuard, Steven Black) into their own list <sup>[1](https://github.com/badmojr/1Hosts/blob/master/-data/lists/assets.txt) [2](https://oisd.nl/includedlists/full/0) [3](https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists/blob/master/SOURCES.md) [4](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts#sources-of-hosts-data-unified-in-this-variant) [5](https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/block#packs-2)</sup>
* offer nothing unique when compared with the combinations above
### Native Tracking Protection <sup><sup>[1](https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/tree/master/privacy/native)</sup></sup>