Ask HN: How to block a specific website only at home

#1

Post by tai_hn » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 2:04 PM UTC

I want to block YouTube only at home. What’s the best way to pull this off? Any useful tools?

Re: Ask HN: How to block a specific website only at home

#2

Post by slater » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 2:06 PM UTC

Figure out how to log in to your home router, block it there.

#3

Post by recrudesce » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

Network wide, or just for your own browser ?

There are a number of addons for Chrome/Firefox etc that allow you to block sites, usually for staying focused during work hours.

If you want to do it network wide, you could utilise something like a PiHole, but that's a bit extreme for blocking access to one site.

The other option would be to put an entry in your hosts file for www.youtube.com etc and point them at 127.0.0.1.

#4

Post by 88840-8855 » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

slater wrote: post #2

Figure out how to log in to your home router, block it there.

That is the best solution.

#5

Post by WallyFunk » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 7:13 PM UTC

Although doing that for just one domain is overkill.