I actually just implemented a network adblocker and it bounces basically everything except for YouTube because they use the same servers for ads as their regular service. My family have ad-supported Netflix but we don’t get ads anymore.
Personally though I have a multi-terabyte Plex library that I’ve been trying to get the family to use to ease dependence on paid services. The 200 or some odd dollars it would cost to pay for Netflix otherwise goes into server costs for drive space basically, and 200 bucks can buy you a nice multi-terabyte NAS drive.
Nice, I’m running a pi-hole instance on my proxmox server as well, but it is blocking less and less as platforms move to native advertising solutions. Honestly, I’m surprised Netflix didn’t do this right from the start.
I have pretty simple needs when it comes to television and just use the officially-supported IPTV Simple Client to watch legitimately free channels, like mainstream CBC, and news networks. Everything else we watch is my from own library, or from the public library.
I not so quietly axed all of my streaming services last year (Amazon bore the brunt of my dissatisfaction).
IPTV, a self-made Kodi collection, and the local library are all that we use now. Much happier all around, and zero ads.
I actually just implemented a network adblocker and it bounces basically everything except for YouTube because they use the same servers for ads as their regular service. My family have ad-supported Netflix but we don’t get ads anymore.
Personally though I have a multi-terabyte Plex library that I’ve been trying to get the family to use to ease dependence on paid services. The 200 or some odd dollars it would cost to pay for Netflix otherwise goes into server costs for drive space basically, and 200 bucks can buy you a nice multi-terabyte NAS drive.
Nice, I’m running a pi-hole instance on my proxmox server as well, but it is blocking less and less as platforms move to native advertising solutions. Honestly, I’m surprised Netflix didn’t do this right from the start.
Whats your preferred method for IPTV?
I have pretty simple needs when it comes to television and just use the officially-supported IPTV Simple Client to watch legitimately free channels, like mainstream CBC, and news networks. Everything else we watch is my from own library, or from the public library.