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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The problem is that unlike a lot of other ads YouTube serves its ads from YouTube.com and because of SSL PiHole can only act on YouTube.com as a whole, so there's no way to block just the ads without blocking all of the site.