Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square513fedilinkarrow-up1497arrow-down10
arrow-up1497arrow-down1external-linkYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comTalos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square513fedilink
minus-squareFluffysquash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoJust set up a pi hole. Fuck ‘em
minus-squarejherazob@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoPihole explicitly doesn’t block Youtube ads as they can’t differentiate them from content at that level, it needs to be done at browser/app level
minus-squaregreen_witch@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThis. The ads and content are delivered via the same way, so blocking one blocks the others.
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNo. PiHole is effectively ad-blocking via DNS; the name is a play on black hole and Raspberry Pi.
Just set up a pi hole. Fuck ‘em
Pihole explicitly doesn’t block Youtube ads as they can’t differentiate them from content at that level, it needs to be done at browser/app level
This.
The ads and content are delivered via the same way, so blocking one blocks the others.
You mean piehole?
You mean holepie?
You mean highpole?
No. PiHole is effectively ad-blocking via DNS; the name is a play on black hole and Raspberry Pi.