I'm finally getting a pi4 for Xmas. I know because I got the mail, and the *cringe* padded bubble mailer said Canakit on the return address, and after the last 3 Christmases of getting all the other parts this is the only thing it could be.
Since I don't need it for the 3d printer, currently, it's going straight to whole house ad blocking.
Seems simple enough, hook pi to tv, keyboard, and network. Command line to pi hole, leave sit plugged in somewhere. Or is it connect to hardware, flash os, bunch of annoying stuff, then leave plugged in somewhere?
I see a lot of guides going through an os install and a bunch of other things, then look closer and they're using old hardware, like pi2s. I see other guides just punch in a command line command and the pi does everything by itself. Looking specifically for the 4, I'm pulling up a lot of sales blogs trying to sell me one.
As this is my first foray into pi land, I'm not sure what I need to do or which guides I should be following.
What I know is I have a pi4 kit, a usb keyboard, open hdmi slots, a brand new (if I can find it) micro SD card, and some Ethernet patch cables and this stuff should all combine to get rid of the stupid YouTube ads on my smart tvs and game systems, and all other ads on all the wireless devices in the house, possibly to the detriment of mobile gaming.
So how do I put this stuff together to not be advertised at anymore?
This just sounds like a massive headache, but could I white list specific requests, like mobile games when you need to watch an ad to get something or speed something up, and NOT white list the device entirely?
I can use the pi for other things WHILE it's being an ad blocker, right?
Have I made this thread before?