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Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week (arstechnica.com)
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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I wonder if Pi Hole will be able to block the ads.

[-] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the info!

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months 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.

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