Depends on how they’re served but mostly, yes
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Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 6 hours agoI just purchased a new travel router that will have options for ad blocking built in. Would that block ads on any device sharing that connexion? TV, phone, PC, smart fridge,…?
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours ago
brandon@piefed.social 6 hours ago
But, topically, will not block YouTube ads
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 hours ago
Honestly, it varies. Businesses are starting to get wise to DNS adblockers, and are serving more ads from their primary domain (this is part of why you can’t block YouTube ads with a DNS blocker anymore - you can’t block them at the DNS level without blocking all of YouTube).
You’ll see a noticeable downtick in phone ads from web browsing and ad-sponsored games, but something like a TV or fridge will probably be unaffected because the ads will be served directly from the same host as the content. You’ll see fewer ads but far from zero.
Also why are you connecting your smart fridge to a travel router? Do you travel with a smart fridge?
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
No XD i was just wondering what kind of ads it could block. It will be my dedicated VR router when not in my main setup and i’m wonder what else i could do with it.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Not youtube ads, sadly, if they are blocking based on domain names. For YouTube, you can use pipepipe, which do block ads as far as I have seen.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Those will not block YT ads.
They’ll block ads at a DNS level, but YouTube ads are delivered in video stream.