TotallynotJessicaDec 6

advertisers can say anything, but your content must follow the rules

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Show threadCevilia (they/she/…)

I’ve trained the algorithm that I don’t tolerate ads.

I rarely see ads on YouTube. I use FreeTube and yt-dlp pretty much exclusively for my YouTube viewing. I only see ads when I watch YouTube on my TV, and even then, only rarely. As soon as it shows me an ad, I close out of YouTube. Not skip ad, not go back, I close YouTube. I switch to audiobooks instead.

The algorithm wants to increase watch time, the only way it can do that is to not show me ads, so that’s what it does. It’s surprising how well it works.

Dec 6 at 6:49pmWeb
Show threadDanVctrDec 6

*It’s learning… *

But for real, after you explained what’s going on it makes perfect sense, I’m just suprised that “amount of ads delivered” is a watch time metric that the algo “optimizes” for.

Show threadQuinnyCodedDec 7
does pihole work for the TV?
Show threadCevilia (they/she/…)Dec 7
Not as far as I know, there’s no way to set custom DNS that I’ve found.
Show threadnagaramDec 7

I thought the point of the pihole was to route all DNS traffic through it on your network?

Note: I’ve never set up a pihole so this is ass talk

Show threadBytemeisterDec 7
Part of setting up the Pihole is adjusting your router (or individual devices) to use the Pihole for DNS, but devices can use their own settings, so a smart TV with 8.8.8.8 hard coded as it’s DNS would not be affected by Pihole blocking.