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Removing ads from Smart TV YouTube app (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't know if this is the correct community to post this. I have a Smart TV from a Greek manufacturer named TurboX. Not Android TV, Smart TV. This means that it has Internet access, has some pre-installed apps, but I can't install any other apps on it. The menus thankfully don't have any ads. However, the Youtube app has. I highly doubt there is any way to remove those, but if you guys know or found any, can you let me know?

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

If you can not install anything, your only choice is probably to set up a pihole or something similar on your network.

Edit: Some models seem to have advanced settings, where you can change the DNS - you could try to use adguard dns servers, or any DNS adblocker you want to use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I already have, but piHole doesn't block YouTube ads.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Weird how people are saying it should work, lol. Blocking YouTube ads with pihole most definitely does not work. Cannot work even, it's just how YouTube works.

I'm afraid that using something like a googletv stick (or nvidia shield etc) and installing smarttube is your best bet.

[–] mynamesnotrick 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Can confirm. Pi-hole does not block YouTube smart TV app ads. Hasn't for a long time (2018ish?)

I use sefiniks (sp?) lists which has a YouTube list but no luck.

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