You’re correct. Pihole works at the DNS level. Since YouTube hosts their ads on the same servers that host their videos, blocking the ads with DNS would also block the videos. Which I guess it technically works to block YT ads, but that’s a little like saying “set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”

Honestly, I've not used it, I just know of it. From a quick search it looks like you're right tho, you'd probably need to use an external device like an android box or something.

What, it works for me? Put on an 8 hour video while doing chores and had ads every 5 minutes. Filled with rage I installed pihole and no more ads.

Oh no, I feel that, we had an orange kitty who adored his electric spaghetti! We had to run cables through that tube conduit stuff everywhere >.<

Look for an armored HDMI cable. They are wrapped in a steel jacket. Conduit is also an option.

So I was watching Forrest Gump and he’s running through the jungles of Viet Nam. All of a sudden he stops running. And I know that’s not right because he hasn’t rescued “him” yet.

Turns out my jerk face rabbit chewed through the Ethernet cable.

Rabbits do love that spicy hay.