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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

~~Would Google know if you're using a DNS-level ad blocker? Probably not, so everyone can just move to that.~~

Edit: I forgot that Google serves ads from the same servers as the content, so DNS as blockers don't work...

[–] bitteorca@artemis.camp 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DNS level ad blockers don’t work for YouTube or any other site that serves ads from the same place as the content.

[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, right. Duh.

This is why Google being the ad server and content hoster sucks.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those don't work on Youtube, the videos and ads have been coming from the same domain for a while now.

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More specifically it comes from a myriad of subdomains that they rotate all the time.

[–] Sprokes@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

So how adblockers works then?