• jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      I haven’t seen youtube ads in years. uBlock and sponsorblock extension in Firefox on my laptop. Newpipe with sponsorblock on my phone.

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        6 months ago

        I wouldn’t survive using internet without those and gdpr, cookie blockers. It’s soooo bad and getting worse.

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      6 months ago

      You should, but it specifically doesn’t work for YouTube. PiHole works by blocking DNS requests to known ad servers. But YouTube hosts their own ads on the same servers that host the videos. So if your pihole blocks the ads, it also blocks the videos you’re trying to watch.

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      6 months ago

      You should, but it sadly doesn’t work for most video streaming sites.

      Shout out to the PiHole team; miss you guys here on the fediverse!