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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking?
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this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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Some chromecasts stop working when you do that.
Chuck 'em in the garbage and get something that doesn't break when you insist on privacy.
Ha! This is my new way of looking at my smart devices. I’ll sell you off if you don’t do what I want, and buy something that does. Very much a threat.
I recently factory reset all my Roku TVs, and didn’t connect them to the internet… and they work much better now.
Roku broke big time when I insisted on privacy. blocked the entire Roku domain, it broke the apps on a 1-month schedule like clockwork to get the network release for reinstall which allowed for phone home. lol no. I trashed it. They are dumb TVs now.
I've done the same! It's impossible to buy dumb TVs nowadays, but you can always prevent them from connecting to the network.
Really? I run several Chromecasts, and I block their access to all DNS services except my internal Pi-holes. They work just fine.
Yeah, I don't know if it's all models, but the ultras do at least.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/
Ah - I only have the Chromecast GTVs. Good to know I don't need to pay for an upgrade then!
It’s probably not blocking DNS-over-HTTPS
Lol - not my first rodeo. I'm blocking dns.google as well, and I'm 99.999% certain Google won't have coded Chromecasts to use anyone else's DNS servers.