@nepp-
if google was able to actually weed out scam ads, they probably wouldn't have needed to go to war against adblock in the first place
@yuvalne
hey, just wanted to let you know I appreciate the calmer voice. YouTube is flooded with yelling these days and this was refreshing.
@DeinonychusCowboy
LTT being nice about the youtube takedown thing on the face of it but ramping up adblocking related content is an excellent strategy, have fun with the can of worms you opened google
@Danominator
Some of us call this "Firefox", but seeing how many websites like YouTube are trying to bypass the usual adblocker, I'm considering this more and more everyday.
@prezlamen
Mozilla has built in option for that, change in setting on max protection and chose nextdns. Will improve load speed significantly.
@KaizCh
If the CIA and FBI recommends me to use a friggin adblock I will be using an adblock. Google can suck it
@privacyvalued4134
3:22 Business Insider publicly shamed. 177 requests to load one page is insane. 1,239 is stupid. With my setup, I'm only getting 68 requests, which is still too many.
@privacyvalued4134
The main problem with DNS blocking/poisoning is it is so low level that it makes it a lot harder to diagnose issues. Still the best option for phones but desktop/laptop machines have lots of edge cases where the ability to block stuff at a more refined level makes for a far better and safer experience. The phone is for use while sitting on the toilet whereas a desktop/laptop is for real work.
@youdontknowme5969
Make Internet Great Again I've been using AdGuard DNS for like a decade, originally on my smartphone before Unlimited data (to keep data usage in check), but now on everything (that I can) to cut out all the needless crap
@ODISeth
I’ve been using an Adblock dns for like 2 years and I truly have never even stopped to ask wtf a dns is
@Mr.Morden
Changing to encrypted DNS servers (ad blocking or not) also helps protect against certain types of malware attacks. Unfortunately Windows 10 doesn't do encrypted DNS without a third party tool. Frankly all DNS should be encrypted DNS by default at this point.
@celestial_blue_33
Please never stop making this type of videos
@chaosfenix
Another potential downside is close to what you said at the end but if the website breaks due to something that was filtered out it would be much more difficult to fix with an adblocking DNS than it would be to fix with an adblocker on your local device. It seems to be a good tool to have in your toolchest though.
@notjustforhackers4252
Quad9 + Linux ( no telemetry stealing bandwidth ), fast as hell. Private too with TLS.
@TheAruruu
suggestion for a video topic: Why are ads on youtube treated so differently to ads on TV? You can use DVR to to skip through ads, and some TV providers even offer "skip the ads" buttons or options that can just... skip the ads. also, ads on youtube are often jarring, suddenly interrupting a video in a spot that definitely was not meant to be a break in the video. no one likes that sort of thing. why force it?
@TertianIvy
I personally have a pihole set up in both places I live in and ad blocking extensions in all my browsers. On top of that, I always install an ad blocker on every PC I set up for people.
@BCowcorn
This approach's weakness is ads hosted on the same server as actually desired content. Using a Proxy Autoconfig (PAC file) instead to filter on either the domain, hostname, or URL path can slice away unwanted content more precisely.
@blackhawk65589
Just stop using chrome. It's proven that google wants you to watch ads and intentionally slows non chrome browsers down. Firefox is better and allows adblock to work
@Aeturnalis
2:10 skip ad
@debemdeboas