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archive.is: 8.8.8.8
archive.today: 8.8.8.8
archive.md: 8.8.8.8
archive.ph: 8.8.8.8Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?
Edit: forgot to add link - https://revanced.app/
Be aware of the fake ones.
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Is that your experience? Honest question, because only yesterday, after several years with PiHole and uBlock Origin, I found that a Shopify shop wasn't working for me. But that's probably the only issue I encountered after all those years...
Unfortunately yes, there are features on big websites which just don't work. Now every time, I have an issue with any website, my first instinct is to turn off pi-hole. Most of the time, pi-hole is not the even the issue, but sometimes it is. It's annoying to browse the internet while constantly thinking "Maybe there is an issue on my side".
It is very rare that I find something stalker-blocking (pihole on my local network & VPN) causes to break that I care enough to turn blocking off for. It might have happened as little as twice, one of those occurrences predating PiHole. Information is usually in many other places or I really don't care that much, and shopping sites that break are waving a red flag by being broken so I'll go look elsewhere.
I do have a bookmarklet on my devices to turn it off for a few minutes, but that was used more when testing it then it has been since.
I mostly live alone so don't have the problem of other users, such as a spouse or kids, having trouble. Guests always have the option of using their normal mobile access instead of the local wireless if they experience insurmountable problems.
super useful for being able to use cloudflare dns but still resolve the archive.* domains using a different resolver (because archive.* blocks cloudflare for ideological reasons): conditional: mapping: archive.is: 8.8.8.8 archive.today: 8.8.8.8 archive.md: 8.8.8.8 archive.ph: 8.8.8.8
My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…
Most issues were with Google Ads inside Google Search. Often these are relevant and actually what you're looking for. But they don't work.
I tried rewriting the "this is blocked" page that PiHole would serve so it included a button to temporarily disable blocking for said url but it turned out to be harder than I thought.
Can't block Youtube shorts with these DNS adblockers, I know I can use browser extensions on a computer (and I do), but I really want to block shorts on iOS/Android apps. Tried the squid https proxy rabbit hole, but could not get it to work with mobile devices. Any hints?
There are YouTube clones for iOS & Android that have Adblock, Shorts Block & Sponsor Blocks
My problem with network-level adblockers, also PiHole is that they break a lot of services (yeah it's mostly sloppy or malicious intent from service provider but still). On a browser you can quickly disable uBlock for that site, it is much more tedious for these services - also because it's not even clear that the filtering is causing the problem, also because it maybe someone else on the network experiencing the pro…
I have a bunch of home automation set up, and through the use of HomeBridge and a plug-in I have a button in my Apple Home app on my iPhone to enable or disable the ad blocker. Since it's exposed as a smart home thing, you could hook it up to a voice assistant like Siri or Alexa.
I built an integration once for an Elgato StreamDeck.
You can also download apps that do the same thing; I have one called "Pi-Hole Remote" that works great.
Yes, ad blocker blockers are annoying, but they are trivially worked around.
super useful for being able to use cloudflare dns but still resolve the archive.* domains using a different resolver (because archive.* blocks cloudflare for ideological reasons): conditional: mapping: archive.is: 8.8.8.8 archive.today: 8.8.8.8 archive.md: 8.8.8.8 archive.ph: 8.8.8.8
Is that why? I’ve been having this problem intermittently for years now and never understood it. Wow.
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What annoyed me the most is actually clicking on ads from Google Search. Sometime I searched a product and I couldn't clicked on the first result because they are advertisements.
Every time threads like this come up I am reminded that Google has ads. I don't see them, presumably because of uBlock Origin. I'm typing this response not to smugly boast, but because it's a lead in to the question that your comment raised within me: Are you using Pihole to block ads at a network level, but not also using a browser extension to block them at the client?
A lot of Pihole users don't bother with browser extensions. In extension-only use cases, these results would just not show up. With Pihole, you have to copy and paste the URL and just enter directly in the browser. It's not like a huge roadblock.