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    Our new TV has me going down the rabbit hole of router- and DNS-level ad blocking.

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    • My tv it's an old Phillips tft, bright and crisp as first day, hope it does another pair of years more, ummm... 32 inchesOBBTKN
    • Will ask you then, what the H is this ad blocking thing, good luck!OBBTKN
    • Can't you just turn all the smart shit off and plugin a [net TV stick of your choice]?
      I've read a lot of whinging about Smart TVs phoning home lately      Nairn
    • Apparently many TVs these days show adverts in the menus.
      Really not sure who asked for that, outside of companies marketing departments...      Nairn
    • I think if I just point the tv to AdGuard DNS it should block ads in the menu and apps like YouTube. Will try later.i_monk
    • Thats what you get for buying a TV
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    • you can do that with raspberry pi. Also you can get yourself eero with "secure"zaq
    • Just get a damn streaming box and forget about the smart features of your tv forever.monospaced
    • PiHolescarabin
    • PiHole comes up a lot.i_monk
    • I really wanna set one up but apparently it’s not compatible with VPNs, which i use a lotscarabin
    • I don’t know enough to make them work togetherscarabin
    • Just download everything, fuck being nickel-and-dimed for 'exclusives'.face_melter
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