I don’t know if this is the correct community to post this. I have a Smart TV from a Greek manufacturer named TurboX. Not Android TV, Smart TV. This means that it has Internet access, has some pre-installed apps, but I can’t install any other apps on it. The menus thankfully don’t have any ads. However, the Youtube app has. I highly doubt there is any way to remove those, but if you guys know or found any, can you let me know?

Thanks.

  • satanmat@lemmy.world
    251·
    5 months ago

    I have 2 “smart” tvs. IMHO I don’t connect them to the internet.
    Use a device (, pi-running Plex or kodi?)

    Edit. Removed roku

    • VitabytesDev@feddit.nlOP
      5·
      5 months ago

      I already have a Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB of RAM lying around. Can I somehow connect it to the TV and use it via the TV remote? If so, what OS would I need to install to it, and what software would I use?

  • x1gma@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 months ago

    If you can not install anything, your only choice is probably to set up a pihole or something similar on your network.

    Edit: Some models seem to have advanced settings, where you can change the DNS - you could try to use adguard dns servers, or any DNS adblocker you want to use.

      • MuchPineapples@lemmy.world
        91·
        5 months ago

        Weird how people are saying it should work, lol. Blocking YouTube ads with pihole most definitely does not work. Cannot work even, it’s just how YouTube works.

        I’m afraid that using something like a googletv stick (or nvidia shield etc) and installing smarttube is your best bet.

        • Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          5 months ago

          Yupp that works well with CCWGTV for now.

          Probably a smoother experience than the built in OS too. Hoping for a new Shield with the upcomming Switch so I can leave yet another Google product behind

        • Howdy@lemmy.zip
          1·
          5 months ago

          Can confirm. Pi-hole does not block YouTube smart TV app ads. Hasn’t for a long time (2018ish?)

          I use sefiniks (sp?) lists which has a YouTube list but no luck.

      • x1gma@lemmy.world
        31·
        5 months ago

        Check your blocklist and keep in mind that YouTube is testing server side ads muxed into the media streams, which will not be blocked by traditional adblocking techniques.

      • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        5 months ago

        My pi-hole has almost 1.4mil+ domains blocked. It doesn’t work on most streaming services. At least in my configuration. It absolutely works everywhere else. And I do have a Roku device in one of the kids rooms. It’s one of the biggest offenders with blocked requests. Telemetry I’d assume, attempted at least.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
        12·
        5 months ago

        Maybe not with your default lists enabled, you may need to expand. You could also try AdGuard and see if you get any better results with their defaults if you already have the Pihole in place.

  • LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    5 months ago

    That’s a really hard problem to solve. But my advice, and what was working for me last time I tried, was using the Pi-hole as an exit node and forcing as much traffic through it as possible. The only downside to this is that your Pi-hole dashboard will be less interesting because your devices will show as the Pi-hole itself. If you’re already doing that, then my only guess is getting obsessive about domain blocking until it stops, and even that will have its limits.