5 ms·

> Use it for ad-blocking in your home network and to finally browse the web, watch videos etc. without annoying ads. It doesn't really do this as well as a bro

> Use it for ad-blocking in your home network and to finally browse the web, watch videos etc. without annoying ads. It doesn't really do this as well as a browser adblocker, YouTube ads for example can't effectively be blocked with pihole

schwartzworld 6y ago
it's not really fair to compare it to an in-browser adblocker that way, especially since using them isn't mutually exclusive. PiHole blocks ads whether you are in a browser or not, an instant benefit for everybody on your WiFi network.
- 416chad 6y ago
  Exactly this. Ads in places like news apps disappear, a big plus for pihole.
- BLKNSLVR 6y ago
  In fact, one of the best things about Pi-hole network wide blocking is the removal of those 5 to 10 second otherwise unskippable ads in apps.
- Firehawke 6y ago
  Absolutely. Defense in depth; Pi-hole will cover devices that you can't install an ad-blocker on while the ad-blocker will cover some edge cases where Pi-hole can't do it. It should never be considered an "or" situation; you want "both" as much as possible.
alfalfasprout 6y ago
Actually, it most cases I find it significantly beats what a normal in-browser adblocker will do. More importantly, it does this for my phone, etc. But yes self-hosted ads, etc. won't be blocked. For that, there are other solutions. Personally, I use both.
christian_fei 6y ago
there seems to be a solution: https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole
x3blah 6y ago
Watching videos with Javascript turned off, there are no ads. Google tries to force users to turn on JavaScript by needlessly making the YouTube website "require" JS to be turned on to play videos. However it is easy to play the videos without using JavaScript using just basic HTML. Example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23076239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23076239
bluntfang 6y ago
a lot of in browser ad blockers are based on url and css selector patterns. Meaning that if the developer updates the site which changes the dom, the ad blocker may not work.

schwartzworld 6y ago

it's not really fair to compare it to an in-browser adblocker that way, especially since using them isn't mutually exclusive. PiHole blocks ads whether you are in a browser or not, an instant benefit for everybody on your WiFi network.

416chad 6y ago
Exactly this. Ads in places like news apps disappear, a big plus for pihole.
BLKNSLVR 6y ago
In fact, one of the best things about Pi-hole network wide blocking is the removal of those 5 to 10 second otherwise unskippable ads in apps.
Firehawke 6y ago
Absolutely. Defense in depth; Pi-hole will cover devices that you can't install an ad-blocker on while the ad-blocker will cover some edge cases where Pi-hole can't do it. It should never be considered an "or" situation; you want "both" as much as possible.

alfalfasprout 6y ago

Actually, it most cases I find it significantly beats what a normal in-browser adblocker will do. More importantly, it does this for my phone, etc. But yes self-hosted ads, etc. won't be blocked. For that, there are other solutions. Personally, I use both.

christian_fei 6y ago

there seems to be a solution: https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole https://github.com/kboghdady/youTube_ads_4_pi-hole

x3blah 6y ago

Watching videos with Javascript turned off, there are no ads. Google tries to force users to turn on JavaScript by needlessly making the YouTube website "require" JS to be turned on to play videos. However it is easy to play the videos without using JavaScript using just basic HTML. Example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23076239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23076239

bluntfang 6y ago

a lot of in browser ad blockers are based on url and css selector patterns. Meaning that if the developer updates the site which changes the dom, the ad blocker may not work.