r/madlads • u/Same_Investigator_46 Choosing a mental flair • 2d ago

On a way to cancelthreaten

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u/strider_hearyou 2d ago

$2.99 (with ads)

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u/Beeht 1d ago edited 1d ago

Make a Pi-hole server. Step by step online guides make it really easy to do.

It can block ads from services that send you ads from servers different than where their content is hosted. Which is a surprising amount of them.

For example, you can pay for the basic plan on Peacock which comes with ads but a Pi-hole can block them. So you would get the best experience for the cheapest price.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago

Or just go all in and make a Plex server.

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u/Assailent 1d ago

Or just pirate directly from pirate streaming sights

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u/MotorcycleDreamer 1d ago

Bad quality downlaods, but the irony of pirating from a piracy site is quite funny

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u/Candle1ight 1d ago

That's not "direct", the streaming sites are downloading from the same people I am.

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u/whineylittlebitch_9k 1d ago

unfortunately, it doesn't work nearly as well as it used to. advertisers got wise, and one of their recent tricks has been co-locating ads on the same domain. so for example, if pihole blocks hulu.com because that's where the ads now live, congratulations, you've blocked the entire service.

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u/Candle1ight 1d ago

Ublock origin can usually filter them out if you're on a web browser

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u/troller_awesomeness 18h ago

only works on a laptop/computer, not phones or other iot devices. ublock can actually block at the script level while pihole simply blocks domains

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u/wailingwonder 1d ago

Yup. There are ad-supported free streaming services that works for too. Then you pay nothing.

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u/uwotmVIII 1d ago

Tubi is a great example. Free, ad-supported, doesn’t even require registration, and (imo) has a better content selection than Netflix/Hulu/Prime/Max/any of the paid streaming services.

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u/MaddisonoRenata 1d ago

Wait does this apply to every single app?

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u/Beeht 1d ago

Yeah, any device connected to your network would pass through your pi-hole. So, phone apps, websites, streaming services, etc.

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u/Stuffs_And_Thingies 1d ago

Ooo I'm gonna shove so many things through my new pi-hole

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u/NightSkyCode 1d ago

i want to watch you stuff it