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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I'm looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I'd like something that'll run as an LXC container or a VM. I'm also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

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[-] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Glad I read this - all my other devices block ads perfectly well already, but was wondering if I could block YouTube ads on my Apple TV... I guess not!

[-] mgrimace@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

If you’re comfortable self hosting you can use isponsorblocktv to block ads/sponsorship on YouTube on AppleTv and various smart TVs. I use this + Pi-Hole https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV

[-] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Your best bet is getting a platform your can sideload apps onto and running SmartTube

[-] greyskies@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Not sure of any downside yet but setting your country to Albania via vpn removes all YouTube ads on Apple TV. Was just informed of this yesterday and as mentioned there may be reasons to not do this.

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