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"A lot of sites serve their ads from the same domains as their actual content nowadays." What are some examples I observe the contrary among the sites submitt
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 5mo ago
"A lot of sites serve their ads from the same domains as their actual content nowadays."
What are some examples
I observe the contrary among the sites submitted to HN
Without access to other subdomains and other domains plus a Javascript interpreter, the ads and tracking don't work
- drdexebtjl 5mo agoGoogle's sponsored results, ads from streaming services. Usually when the website is not part of an ad network, but instead runs their own ads.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4mo agoHow many streaming services Are these "sites" as in "websites" Or something more akin to Netflix, endpoints accessed with an "app" on a "TV" The parent comment's HOSTS file method will fall short, for sure But a zone file that functions as an "allowlist", cf. "blocklist", can do the job in most cases If the ads are in the video file then downloading makes more sense than streaming Ads can be removed from the file, or skipped in the video player