Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 days agoI mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps. Edit: not pihole, apparently.
minus-squareDecq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agopihole hasn’t worked for years to block youtube ads, no?
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoWhat, it works for me? Put on an 8 hour video while doing chores and had ads every 5 minutes. Filled with rage I installed pihole and no more ads.
minus-squareDecq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI’m curious how. Maybe a different region? I don’t have Pihole anymore but it didn’t use to do anything for me for YouTube. Luckily we have uBlock.
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoMaybe? My region is Sweden. I really haven’t had any ads on YouTube since installing pihole. “Works on my machine”
I mean there are ways, like pihole, but I like the simple option of a really long hdmi cable that I use to plug my computer into the TV, so I never have to use any of the shitty built in TV apps.
Edit: not pihole, apparently.
pihole hasn’t worked for years to block youtube ads, no?
What, it works for me? Put on an 8 hour video while doing chores and had ads every 5 minutes. Filled with rage I installed pihole and no more ads.
I’m curious how. Maybe a different region? I don’t have Pihole anymore but it didn’t use to do anything for me for YouTube. Luckily we have uBlock.
Maybe? My region is Sweden. I really haven’t had any ads on YouTube since installing pihole. “Works on my machine”