Comment on YouTube starts showing ads when you pause a video on TV
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months agoI’m not too familiar with different TV OS, but even just DNS blocking would still work for that.
If they start embedding ads into the stream, then it will have to move to SponsorBlock style community blocking, but technically still viable.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As I understand it, DNS blocking does not work for any YouTube ads as the ads are hosted on the same servers as the videos.
Certainly, my pihole - which has successfully blocked many ads - does not do anything for YouTube.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Seems you are right. I don’t use YouTube native clients, so never actually an into the issue. Updated my original comment.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Respect to you!
The only reason I know is because I primarily watch YouTube on my TV. People have pointed out to me that you can side load clients onto your TV, and they’re right, but I’m inclined to at least wait until my warranty expires before doing so.