ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square143linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square143linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarefiradin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoStill need a good strategy for blocking ads on my TV. Mostly watching YouTube through a Chromecast so I can control it from my phone
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSame but I don’t use YouTube I tend to use it for TV. Cast and forget cable TV for free. I hate edge but edge also let’s you stream from your PC to TV with no ads.
minus-squareGonzako@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoPiHole can mostly block ads on propetiary software
minus-squarewalden@sub.wetshaving.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoNot YouTube because the ads come from the same “source”, so blocking that DNS would mean blocking the actual video, too. That’s my week understanding of it, at least.
Still need a good strategy for blocking ads on my TV. Mostly watching YouTube through a Chromecast so I can control it from my phone
SmartTube
Same but I don’t use YouTube I tend to use it for TV. Cast and forget cable TV for free.
I hate edge but edge also let’s you stream from your PC to TV with no ads.
PiHole can mostly block ads on propetiary software
Not YouTube because the ads come from the same “source”, so blocking that DNS would mean blocking the actual video, too. That’s my week understanding of it, at least.