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YouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experiment - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Hubbubbub@fedia.io 31 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm getting strong traction to finally get around installing pihole.

[–] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen youtube ads in years. uBlock and sponsorblock extension in Firefox on my laptop. Newpipe with sponsorblock on my phone.

[–] lorkano@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't survive using internet without those and gdpr, cookie blockers. It's soooo bad and getting worse.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

You should, but it specifically doesn’t work for YouTube. PiHole works by blocking DNS requests to known ad servers. But YouTube hosts their own ads on the same servers that host the videos. So if your pihole blocks the ads, it also blocks the videos you’re trying to watch.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't work for YouTube adverts 😭

[–] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ublock and Sponsorblock on PC and ReVanced with Sponsorblock on Android

[–] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

Add SmartTube for androidTV and you're set!

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And on iOS?

[–] DuckGuy@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sideload uYou+ or set up Yattee. If you don't know how to do any of those things, look into DNS based ad-filtering like ControlD and install Video Lite. Or skip the DNS part and only install Video Lite, but you'll see in-app ads unless you pay the $12/y subscription.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

THANK YOU.

So many times people say what to do for android but act like iOS doesn’t exist.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

You should, but it sadly doesn’t work for most video streaming sites.

Shout out to the PiHole team; miss you guys here on the fediverse!