This isn’t helpful if you’re doing something like visiting relatives.
Comment on YouTube: 5 ads the norm now?
thantik@lemmy.world 5 months ago
PiHole you idiot PS users.
dingus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Given that this post is about YouTube on PlayStation the solution there is … don’t watch YouTube on PlayStation.
Bananigans@lemmings.world 5 months ago
Is Vanced working again? I thought it went under a few years ago.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Revanced, yes.
FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Does PiHole work on YouTube ads? That’s just a DNS based blocker, I thought YouTube ads came from the same domain as the regular videos and they couldn’t be blocked via DNS.
I ask because I watch YouTube a lot on my AppleTV app, which I pipe through NextDNS which supports ad blacklist files. No YouTube ads are blocked there for me
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t typically stream videos on my gaming console.
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
PiHole doesn’t block YouTube ads because they’re served from the same server as the content in the video.
uBlock is the real answer.
PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s no uBlock for PlayStation as far as I know. I don’t think there is a solution other than “subscribe to premium” or “don’t watch YouTube on your console”.
ares35@kbin.social 5 months ago
that would be correct. get a cheap laptop.. even a shitty one for $200 (new) will work for yt.. hook it up to hdmi, get a wireless kb/trackpad to stream surf from the sofa. i set a laptop (a junky stream14 with emmc) to not shut off when lid is closed. it stays closed. i sleep and wake it from the kb (k400 early model). that is my streaming 'device': browser (firefox)+addons>apps any day.
PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s a clunky, ugly and pricey solution that’s not suitable for 99% of all people.
Just get a cheap Google TV or Fire TV stick (starts at $20 not $200), install SmartTube and you not only will get a remote control come with it, you can control it with your TV’s remote via HDMI-CEC. You can also install any other official or personal streaming solution you like with full features like HDR etc.
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Right, I forgot the conversation is about PlayStation
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Could you try to get Smart Tube on there somehow?
EvilLootbox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
if only revanced could cast
ares35@kbin.social 5 months ago
that would be correct. get a cheap laptop.. even a shitty one for $200 (new) will work for yt.. hook it up to hdmi, get a wireless kb/trackpad to stream surf from the sofa. i set a laptop (a junky stream14 with emmc) to not shut off when lid is closed. it stays closed. i sleep and wake it from the kb (k400 early model). that is my streaming 'device': browser (firefox)+addons>apps any day.