# Youtube 10-Second Black Screen

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/youtube-10-second-black-screen/495>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 5, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/youtube-10-second-black-screen/495 "2016-11-05T23:33:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacob.salmela](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jacob.salmela/32/8_2.png) [@jacob.salmela](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jacob.salmela)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/youtube-10-second-black-screen/495/24 "2016-11-13T01:36:03Z")

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> [@Decompiled](#):
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> I think this raises some questions about Google DNS

But it's not all that surprising that Google doesn't block their own ad-serving domains and cut off a source of revenue. 🙂

> [@aspecialvisit](#):
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> I made two changes at the same time.
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> 1. Changed pihole to OpenDNS

If OpenDNS can truly aid in blocking YouTube ads, then they know more about the domains that we do.

I think the [list of domains](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-block-ads-on-youtube/253) we have going is a good start--just need to figure out the rest.

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