Agreed. Sounds like the Pi-hole is working exactly as intended.
As I see it, you have a choice between viewing an ad/malware laden cesspit, or avoiding it. And by installing a Pi-hole, you have already made that choice.
You can also use a remote service like outline.com, paste the url there, and still read the content without the ads and without being blocked by an ad-blocker-blocker, and often even without being blocked by view-limiting paywalls.
> I'm fine with that.
Agreed. Sounds like the Pi-hole is working exactly as intended.
As I see it, you have a choice between viewing an ad/malware laden cesspit, or avoiding it. And by installing a Pi-hole, you have already made that choice.