Blocking YouTube ads on your router using raspberry pi

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[ibanezfoo]

I know of it and have been meaning to try it but haven’t gotten around to it. What version of the Pi does it require? It is pretty much impossible to find a Raspberry Pi these days, at least for a reasonable price. They should be 40 bucks but they’re up around 200 now for the 4.

Remember in the 90s-2000s when you’d come across we website with a tiny bit of content in the middle and 90% of the screen covered by ads? YouTube has become the video equivalent of that.

[SkyHawk]

Just pay for the Premium subscription. That's what I did and I will never go back to not paying for no ads.

As far as multiple people using it without having to pay for a family plan, the best way is to create several Youtube accounts (one for each family member) attached to a single Google account. Then the individual Premium subscription will apply to all the Youtube accounts you create but each person can have their own subscriptions, watch history, suggested videos etc.

It is very quick and easy to switch between the different youtube profiles on streaming devices like fireTv, without even leaving the youtube app, and of course on personal devices like Phones, tablets, PC etc it will always remember who the specific user is without having to select each time.

I doubt Pi-hole is effective against Youtube ads anymore (if it ever was), Google has them integrated tightly into the platform now.

https://www.youtube.com/premium/annual

[spectralhunter]

I use Opera and block ads when watching YouTube. No ads.


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[Ivan275]

On my PC I use Adblock Plus - free ad blocker and AdBlocker for YouTube firefox plugins
On my android phone i use youtubevanced app
On my Firesticks and Android-based TVs I use SmartTubeNext app

I'm always surprised when I see a youtube ad, then realize that its playing in my phones web browser or in my chrome browser on my PC. This reminds me I should get a chrome no ads plugin, trying out Adblock for Youtube Chrome plugin now.

[G-forceJunkie]

I use Firefox with free AdBlock downloaded and have never seen an ad on Youtube. Easy.

[mshill]

I run Pi-hole on Raspberry Pi Zero W. At the time it was $10. Pi-hole can be run on most any platform and does not require a lot of power. It is a good ad blocker but cannot block embedded commercials.

[ibanezfoo]

Pi Zero W looks like it’s $60 now… still better than $200

[gumby]

Good info here, thanks.

[Usmc0844spare]

Was gonna say this. I watched some youtube vids on making a cheap NAS out of a Pi, got all excited, then actually tried to go out and FIND a Pi to buy.

Unobtanium. There is like one online store in the US that gets a regular restock and they are gone within minutes when they do. It's worse than when I was hunting for an xbox series x last year.

[ibanezfoo]

Was gonna say this. I watched some youtube vids on making a cheap NAS out of a Pi, got all excited, then actually tried to go out and FIND a Pi to buy.

Unobtanium. There is like one online store in the US that gets a regular restock and they are gone within minutes when they do. It's worse than when I was hunting for an xbox series x last year.

[iron330]

I've used the AdBlock plug-in for Chrome for years. Works great, including Youtube.

https://www.getadblock.com/en/

[subscriber]

I've used the AdBlock plug-in for Chrome for years. Works great, including Youtube.

https://www.getadblock.com/en/

Yes, adds simply don't exist with adblocker.

[DrjonesUSA]

Yep, it's called "Pihole"

IDK your level of technical expertise, but something like this might be a little simpler:

https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html

There are actually quite a few devices like this around.

Firewalla is another.

[bombadillo]

Now if anybody could tell me how to do it on a Roku device, I would pay you money