Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen

Eezyville@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• xylogx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I block logs.roku.com and cloudservices.roku.com on my pihole without impacting any functionality.

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  • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is there a good resource to learn how to install that kind of a system for a person who’s tech knowledge ends at one semesters worth of C++?

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    • BenPranklin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A semester of programming is more than you need. The hardest part would be installing the OS on the raspberry pi. pi-hole.net

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    • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I set one up. My IT skills begin and end with being a millennial that had to troubleshoot what I wanted to get to work before App stores.

      You’ll be fine in general searching “Pihole setup (insert OS here)”. Some minor troubleshooting was necessary in my case, could be an ID10T issue though.

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    • NaoPb@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes setting up a Pi-Hole should be pretty doable for someone like you. I can’t recomend a specific tutorial off the top of my head, but there should be plenty to find.

      You mainly need a pi running raspbian or a pc running some debian based distro.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Anyone can set them up, it’s just running an app

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  • 0x2d@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    what info is sent to these domain?

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    • jimbo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      None if you block it.

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• antimongo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yea my Adblock Home (pihole alternative) blocks the ads on my Roku home screen. Now it’s just a big blank box.

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• QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes.

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  • modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What domain list(s) are you using? Mine are still showing up with pihole. I do think some are being blocked, but not all.

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    • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Firebog Ticked lists as a collective, over 10^6 domains long now. Firebog have lists organised by how likely it is to impact general browsing, ticked being least likely (basically do you want to be black listing or white listing).

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      • modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thank you. And good advice about over-doing it. I’ve had people complain about “the internet being broken” on my wifi because of an overly restrictive pi hole.

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• LeFantome@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  PiHole blocks the current ads. Hopefully these new ones too.

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