YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
Yeah your edit is correct, it doesn’t do much for YouTube. But I do still use the pihole for this very reason: lots of things make network requests that aren’t just your browser. If you use windows, you’ll be disgusted by how many microsoft-owned domains are hit repeatedly throughout the day by the OS. Or phone apps with embedded tracking libraries.
I also find DNS blackhole-ing to be very useful for blocking Twitter, Facebook, etc on my entire network without having to worry about individual devices.
Yeah your edit is correct, it doesn’t do much for YouTube. But I do still use the pihole for this very reason: lots of things make network requests that aren’t just your browser. If you use windows, you’ll be disgusted by how many microsoft-owned domains are hit repeatedly throughout the day by the OS. Or phone apps with embedded tracking libraries.
I also find DNS blackhole-ing to be very useful for blocking Twitter, Facebook, etc on my entire network without having to worry about individual devices.