The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads - eviltoast

I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household.

Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven’t already.

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  • FeelzGoodMan420
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    5 小时前

    Sorry, I’m confused. You should easily be able to block these home screen ads ads with pihole or router dns blocking. I know because I do it with my smart tvs. Are you saying that that isn’t working?

    • GooseFinger@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      I figure the ads are just cached from earlier. I took this picture a few hours after I finished setting up my pfBlockerNG feeds and changing my DNS to AdGuard’s public one.

      If nothing else, this ad certainly reaffirmed my decision to update our network.