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Pihole doesn’t work for YouTube, because they host the ads on the same servers as the videos. Blocking ads would also block videos. And uBlock Origin is a constant game of whack-a-mole, with YouTube constantly trying new ways to evade the ad blocker.
Hell, they’ve even started embedding the ad directly into the same video stream if they think you’re using an ad blocker, so it’s all one contiguous video that runs straight from the ad into the video you wanted to watch. Then they just block you from skipping ahead in the video stream until the ad is done.
So you’re still smug, and offering misleading advice. Peak substack vibes.
No it isn't. Once in a while it stops working for a few hours, but I can't remember the last time that happened.
That's false. Twitch does it, YouTube doesn't. You can use any alternative frontend like Invidious or Grayjay and verify this quite easily.
I've never had Ublock origin fail. Plus, there's Sponsorblock for blocking in-video ads.
Alternately, you could use an app that does it for you.
Finally, I don't know what substack is, but you seem like you're being kind of a knob for wanking so hard over a half-assed joke, even after getting the help you were complaining about.
they havnt evaded unblock origin so far, its only they have slowed the start of a video for a few seconds. i would imagine theyw ould try to increase the starting time for a video overtime.
i think that is with twitch only, its very expensive to do, thats why youtube hasnt done it yet.
You're probably using a chromium browser.
Nope, Firefox. YouTube does A/B testing for their ad methods, so what works for you won’t work for everyone.
I've maybe had a fail twice. Nothing a quick F5 didn't fix.
@mic_check_one_two
that's odd, I've been using yt with ublock origin for years with no ads, only the occasional video taking a long time to load but it eventually starts.
I also have pihole but don't get ads even when not at home, so ublock is definitely doing the heavy lifting
I understand the A/B testing thing but wouldn't that get to everyone eventually?
@alsimoneau