flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screenarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1770arrow-down13
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-219 hours agoI’ve always just done it manually by viewing the Pi-Hole logs for the device I am on while the ad is loading. It takes getting into the weeds a bit. Further, I don’t have a Roku so I’ve never looked into it myself. That being said, a quick search brought up this hosts file: https://gist.github.com/sidward35/cea28bedd0ec0b1bceec8c2b22c163c4 Adlist for Pi-hole with domains for Roku, LG, and Samsung Not sure if it’s current or not. Lots of threads about Roku ads making it through after being previously blocked.
minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoAppreciate the reply and link regardless! It’s always whack-an-ad with these intrusive jerks.
I’ve always just done it manually by viewing the Pi-Hole logs for the device I am on while the ad is loading. It takes getting into the weeds a bit.
Further, I don’t have a Roku so I’ve never looked into it myself.
That being said, a quick search brought up this hosts file:
https://gist.github.com/sidward35/cea28bedd0ec0b1bceec8c2b22c163c4
Not sure if it’s current or not. Lots of threads about Roku ads making it through after being previously blocked.
Appreciate the reply and link regardless! It’s always whack-an-ad with these intrusive jerks.