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hosts file won't work for the in-line ads present in YouTube. The ads are served from the same domain as the video you're watching.

• Gualdrapo 3y ago
  I think it's worth noting that it wasn't always the case - there was a hosts file repo used by pihole users that effectively blocked YouTube ads.
  • dylan604 3y ago
    You keep doing things based on historic knowledge and suffer those ads, while the rest of us will move along with the times and not suffer those ads. Lest we forget? sure, but it's not like they'll be going back to that technique as it's ineffective for them.
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  • kazinator 3y ago
    I think it's even more worth noting that it wasn't always the case that Youtube started warning ad-blocking users and stopping playback! Even if we suppose that a simple hosts file could somehow block YouTube ads today, YouTube would detect that. It would not fare any better than any other ad blocker.
    • KTibow 3y ago
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