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[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

PiHole doesn't work on YouTube ads

[–] rapscallion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

YouTube ads come from the same domain as their video streams, so DNS-based ad blocking like PiHole can’t work on them.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They didn’t mention that—did they edit their comment?

Quick edit: everyone should also have a PiHole, mine hasn’t been touched in years and does a bang-up job at blocking any regular ads (ads that, like the commenter I’m replying to mentioned, aren’t hosted on the same server you’re viewing stuff on)