Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square541fedilinkarrow-up1576arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialyoutubetechnology
arrow-up1576arrow-down1external-linkYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comTalos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square541fedilinkcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialyoutubetechnology
minus-squareFluffysquashlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoJust set up a pi hole. Fuck ‘em
minus-squarejherazob@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 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-up3·2 years agoThis. The ads and content are delivered via the same way, so blocking one blocks the others.
minus-squareChris Remington@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoYou mean piehole?
minus-squareBrokenToshy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoYou mean holepie?
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNo. PiHole is effectively ad-blocking via DNS; the name is a play on black hole and Raspberry Pi.
minus-squarebrandonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoPi-Hole probably won’t work to block YouTube ads, since they can be served from the same domain as the regular video content. Something like uBlock Origin can, though. Edit: sorry, after scrolling down I saw you already acknowledged this in another comment
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.
Pi-Hole probably won’t work to block YouTube ads, since they can be served from the same domain as the regular video content.
Something like uBlock Origin can, though.
Edit: sorry, after scrolling down I saw you already acknowledged this in another comment