I have this setup for like a year now, and I didn’t really encounter any problems as far as I know. (or did I?) However, I just thought I would ask about it because I’ve been experiencing YouTube slowdowns recently via the mobile website (like video plays and video stops, and like my data won’t exceed 500k/s usage most of the time), even though I never experience any of this in YouTube Revanced Extended.

I just enabled every filter that looked good in the Brave settings and added every starred/recommended list in yokkofing’s filter list. (I used this list because it was heavily recommended)

I also have the Brave configurations set up with the PrivacyGuides’s recommended configuration, and I’m also using Mullvad’s DNS server (the base version; see all versions) both in my browser and in my Android device via the Private DNS feature.

So, is it overkill/redundant? If yes, what should I remove?

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    Are you employing these lists on your phone or a PC, or other device? There can be a performance cost associated with large IP blocklists. On most modern PC, the cost is usually minimal. On my dedicated firewall, just the DNSBL_Firebog_Malicious list clocks in at 1,004,966 entries, and I have most of Firebog’s IP Blocklists, which are usually large, in addition to many others, because in my mind, you cannot block enough.

    I cannot speak inteligently enough as to doing so on a mobile device. Additionally, YT is in a state of chaotic flux implimenting all manner of weirdness to make you have to hear their unskippible ads and slop all over the screen just to watch 30 seconds of a tutorial and find out it’s not what you were looking for. So, that might be some of it too.

    • PragmaticIdealist@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Are you employing these lists on your phone or a PC, or other device? There can be a performance cost associated with large IP blocklists. On most modern PC, the cost is usually minimal.

      Yep, I have this exact filterlist in both my laptop and my phone. I don’t really notice any performance problems besides YT (in mobile it sucks, in desktop it’s just fine). Also as you can see I’m using just the lightweight version of these filterlists if there is one available (HaGeZi’s filterlist for example) because I’m not using a dedicated device for adblocking like Pi-hole.

      Additionally, YT is in a state of chaotic flux implimenting all manner of weirdness to make you have to hear their unskippible ads and slop all over the screen just to watch 30 seconds of a tutorial and find out it’s not what you were looking for.

      I heard some stuff about that, but well, I still see no ads so that’s that. I wonder why YouTube Revanced Extended is not experiencing any of it though.

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 hour ago

      I use Portmaster and also it’s encrypted DNS with Adguard filter, works fine avoiding all kind of crap and tracking, but blocking ads on DNS level do not work good For this is still needed an adblocker extension in the browser.