A browser privacy showdown has been brewing for a while.
  • Pseudoplatanus22 [he/him]
    ·
    2 years ago

    There's no difference in legality or morality than if you just used an ad blocker like the rest of us lol

    Edit: Oh wait I forgot that some people watch YT on their phones lmao

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Newpipe has no ads and even lets you download videos.

      https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/

    • jackal [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      I would use an adblocker but there's no way to block ads when watching from a TV or phone, even with my pihole setup. I would rather not root my phone.

        • jackal [he/him]
          ·
          2 years ago

          I have that already with the pihole but unfortunately Google is smart enough to work around it. The video content is served from the same domain as the ads which makes the DNS blocker ineffective for YouTube. And in general it seems like there are technology changes on the horizon for DNS that might make DNS filtering impossible.

          • kristina [she/her]
            ·
            2 years ago

            idk what to tell you, works for me perfectly. adguard dns sucks though i wouldnt recommend it, a lot of addresses are gated behind a paywall. i dont have any ads on any app on my phone, zero rooting or piracy

            • jackal [he/him]
              ·
              2 years ago

              Interesting, I'll look into adguard, maybe they've figured something out or have an additional filter list I need to add

              • kristina [she/her]
                ·
                2 years ago

                so i think it was the Energized Ultimate list and the Fanboy's Enhanced list

              • kristina [she/her]
                ·
                2 years ago

                i'll load mine up and find the list i liked though i cant remember which one explicitly stopped it from happening it took a lot of tinkering