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Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them" (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And yet just before looking at Lemmy I got an ad for the Dell AI laptop on YouTube (on my TV, still need to get a piHole up and running).

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

on YouTube (on my TV, still need to get a piHole up and running

Unfortunately that won't help. The Youtube ads are served from the same domains as the videos, so a DNS based blocker is inherently powerless.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

FWIW, Linux + FireFox + Ublock still blocks 100% of YouTube ads for me.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Can confirm, Firefox with uBlock Origin works. The OS doesn't seem to matter. I use that combination on Linux (Fedora 43), Windows (10), macOS (15) and Android (16), no YouTube ads anywhere.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just stop using the TV like that. Hook up a small Linux computer via hdmi and use that instead.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

Not good for the WAF

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have an older MacBook with standard hdmi, but there are some creators I really like on YouTube and we have an ancient Roku stick that still works. The remote is convenient and I usually go pee during the ads.

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jesus, is that how long youtube ads are these days?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah but the decent thing is that they show you how long before you can skip. So you know how long you have.