▲ 145 ▼ Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I’ve had success with a mix of snort and pihole. Lots of ads seem to violate some RFC and snort blocks it. It’ll even break ads in the Apple TV YouTube app. You just get a black screen while ads play. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago If you use an android device, like a fire stick, you can block 100% of those YouTube ads with a simple app. It doesn't break them, they just don't show up at all. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Boozilla@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I’ve had success with a mix of snort and pihole. Lots of ads seem to violate some RFC and snort blocks it. It’ll even break ads in the Apple TV YouTube app. You just get a black screen while ads play. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago If you use an android device, like a fire stick, you can block 100% of those YouTube ads with a simple app. It doesn't break them, they just don't show up at all. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Boozilla@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago If you use an android device, like a fire stick, you can block 100% of those YouTube ads with a simple app. It doesn't break them, they just don't show up at all. permalink fedilink source parent