Haven’t personally looked at the dev tools too much, but even if they come from the same domain, of the path had a unique pattern when it’s ads vs content you could use a decrypting proxy. I don’t know if the PS4 can install a custom certificate or proxy settings, the intercepted cert would possibly cause problems, but it may be possible.
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Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 day agoI watch primaly on my PS4, is there a network based solution?
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 day ago
Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
PiHole
dditty@lemm.ee 1 day ago
YouTube serves ads from the same domains that serves the video so you can’t block ads with pihole for YouTube
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Quick google search suggests the ads come from same domain as youtube, so wouldnt be blocked.
Back to muting ads and reading lemmy on my phone
cor315@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If you an android based tv or stick you can install smarttube. The sticks are pretty cheap now, worth it.
Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Definitely. SmartTube is better designed for TVs , while ReVanced is better for touchscreens. Both integrate ad blocking, Sponsorblock, and a bunch of QoL features.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
You will still experience ads on devices if you use **only** a pihole. Many content providers (like YouTube / Reddit / Twitch / Spotify / Pandora / Facebook / IMDB / Hulu) now stream/serve ads from the same servers as the content (meaning if you attempt to block the ads using a PiHole you will also block the content).
It’s still worthwhile to use a pihole on your local network. This will be the device that helps reduce the amount of ads and blocks telemetry data on devices (mobile device / streaming box / etc) that you can’t utilize some or all of the traditional blocking methods (hosts files / browser plugins / etc). The Pi can also have additional software installed (I recommend PiVPN) to extend these blocking capabilities **securely** when you’re not on your “home” wifi.
Your best bet for blocking any and all ads/telemetry/etc is a multitiered approach of a PiHole as well as browser plugins: uBlock origin / Privacy Badger / CanvasBlocker on Firefox or Canvas Defender on Chrome / Decentraleyes / Smart Referer / Ugly Email / Pixel Block / other security browser plugins (as necessary) to prevent ads and protect your privacy.