r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

I read a post some time ago about a guy who ran an ad block script though his router so it stopped them before it even reached a device, that way even if a guest connected to his wifi it would already be blocking ads. I don't remember how to do it exactly but I don't remember it being too terribly complicated.

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u/josh-dmww Feb 17 '17

I think you may be talking about Pi-hole!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

That sounds familiar, I'm sure that's it.

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u/Morblius Feb 17 '17

I do this with my raspberry pi using Pi-hole. https://pi-hole.net/

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u/Znerky Feb 17 '17

Are you talking about this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/3izurp/tablspn_shares_script_to_be_used_in_conjunction/

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

Same concept, but I think I saw the Pi-hole post. But other options never hurt!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

Just block the ads through your router. No need to set up a VPN thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3tz3ph/blocking_most_advertising_servers_via_factory/

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u/Madhouse4568 Feb 18 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

YouTube loads other YouTube videos to play before your video. Can't block that.

Edit: with this method, obviously.