• NegativeNull@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Pihole/adguard filter rule:

    (ads|logs|cloudservices|image|images|web|prod.mobile|wwwimg|captive|customer-feedbacks|amoeba|amoeba2|sr|giga.sb|cs).roku(.admeasurement)*.com$

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      Do you know if there’s a way for me to add something to my Pihole that would interfere with YouTube ads on the app on Xbox? I’ve been using wireless screen cast to use a laptop lately because the ad frequency has gotten so intense on the Xbox and iOS apps. Guessing it’s somehow being included online to the video streaming and I can’t use a browser/unlockorigin in the console so maybe there is nothing to be done, haha.

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        Youtube is always problematic as the ads are served from the same domain as the videos themselves. That means that DNS blocking doesn’t work. I have the same issue with a chromecast+youtube. I have no good solution there.

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          Yeah I kinda figured, thanks for replying though. I have an acceptable workaround, but man, once you get used to no ads, it feels like a blizzard of insurance and other crap ads once you use one of the apps not in a computer. It’s actually what’s got me slowly rebuilding an old surface pro with Linux surface—because I enjoy YouTube on tablets, but basically can’t stand the iOS apps anymore haha.

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    7 hours ago

    I can’t tolerate ads any longer. Ublock Origin + Privacy Badger plugins in my browser assure me that I’ll almost never see ads on any of my systems. I just plug a laptop into my TV and stream from pirate sites.

    I just can’t tolerate any more loud, invasive, manipulative garbage being forced into my eyeballs by every single screen. You can’t even buy your way out of ads on streaming services now. Everything is an advertisement.