Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

  • @lone_faerie
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    55 months ago

    There are apps that circumvent DNS blocking. They hard code the DNS server into the app, so instead of making requests to your set DNS, they make them directly to, say, Google’s DNS (8.8.8.8)

    • kratoz29
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      35 months ago

      Yeah, that is why I find it amazing that it works for some apps.

      • @lone_faerie
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        35 months ago

        Honestly, I’m surprised it works too, especially for apps like the launcher. I guess we can thank the engineers for taking the easy route

      • @lone_faerie
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        25 months ago

        Rerouting DNS requests to your Pi Hole is the solution to this, unfortunately not every router supports this. My Netgear router, for example, doesn’t have the option, and of course I ended up getting a model that doesn’t work with custom firmware. I’m considering setting up a Raspberry Pi as the gateway for my network so I can do stuff like this.