fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoYouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square268fedilinkarrow-up1950arrow-down116cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareMiaou@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down22·10 months agoChanging your router DNS to something that blocks ads (or a pihole at home) and you’ll never have to watch ads ever again, YouTube or elsewhere
minus-squareylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·10 months agoYouTube video ads can’t be blocked with just DNS blocking unfortunately, they are served from the same hosts as YouTube videos.
minus-squareguajojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·10 months agoOf course this is possible but this involves more than just pihole. I’m running this with a combo of adaway + mikrotik router with port based NATing. People downvoting you are like the angrycry meme about the low to high IQ gauge.
minus-squarelorkano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoThis doesn’t work for many types of ads
Changing your router DNS to something that blocks ads (or a pihole at home) and you’ll never have to watch ads ever again, YouTube or elsewhere
YouTube video ads can’t be blocked with just DNS blocking unfortunately, they are served from the same hosts as YouTube videos.
Of course this is possible but this involves more than just pihole. I’m running this with a combo of adaway + mikrotik router with port based NATing.
People downvoting you are like the angrycry meme about the low to high IQ gauge.
This doesn’t work for many types of ads