Help for ads in Youtube

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@Stefano

I would like to know if I can block these ads using DNS

Probably not possible, because the ads are served from the same domains/subdomains as the content.

Youtube ads getting through Pihole / Any advances in 100% blocking without also blocking Youtube videos?

I tried searching for help on the forums regarding Youtube ads still getting through PiHole but the last ones seemed several years old. I'm currently in a battle to block adverts without then blocking the video I want to watch. I'm blacklisting the domains that start with R then a number from google but as mentioned in another thread it seems that the adverts and videos are piped from the same source, so either I get adverts and the video, or I get the first few seconds of the video then the per…