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You don't need uBlock if you have a pihole properly configured, but you still need a pihole even if you have uBlock properly configured. uBlock is a half measure. An incomplete solution, but better than nothing.
uBlock can do much more refined and targeted blocking than a pihole because it has access to the entire page that is being served and can selectively filter elements. The pihole only has access to the DNS name, and DNS blocking is a rather crude tool to block ads that can be defeated by serving the ads from the same domain.
For example: a pihole doesn't work for blocking YouTube ads, because they come from the same domain.
It does if I block the entire youtube domain. Checkmate, corps
I migrated to Pi-hole in 2016 so believe me when I say that uBlock Origin is perfectly complimentary because it removes the blank space that is made for ads.
Assuming everyone will have pihole "configured correctly", not mentioning how to do that, saying you don't need ublock if you have a pi hole (it does more than black ads). All in all a terrible comment.
Ublock will work if you don't go and install a bunch of proprietary apps. Also it has the ability to block elements on the DOM so its more effective for web pages.
Pihole alone does not block YouTube ads for me.
Edit: And uBlock alone does not block ads within mobile apps.