Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square460fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comTalos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square460fedilinkcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremisguidedfunk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPihole will not block YouTube ads. I think it’s incapable of doing so without blocking YouTube.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI can confirm this - the content comes from the same DNS name as the ads, this means pihole cannot distinguish between them The solution then falls on something like ublock origin - sadly layers of ad blocking is needed in this day and age
Pihole will not block YouTube ads. I think it’s incapable of doing so without blocking YouTube.
I can confirm this - the content comes from the same DNS name as the ads, this means pihole cannot distinguish between them
The solution then falls on something like ublock origin - sadly layers of ad blocking is needed in this day and age