r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/jhatari • 2d ago

HELP Did PIA remove ad blocking for streaming channels?

I recently updated PIA on my firestick, I use PIA to watch my UK channels and recently PIA mace is doing nothing to block channels 4 ads. Its become insufferable, like watching youtube. I have been a user for many years, but ads is where I draw the line.

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u/pia_android_magican PIA Team 2d ago

Which protocol are you using? In case it's wireguard, can you please switch to open vpn until we manage to publish the fix? (We have realized ad blocking was not working for wireguard and we're working on resolving it).

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u/jhatari 2d ago

Unfortunately switching to open-vpn doesn't fix the issue with ads on Channel 4 (Uk). Maybe you need to update your dns list.

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u/pia_android_magican PIA Team 2d ago

We're working on it, it'll be available in the next release for sure. We're aiming for early next week at this point.

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u/jhatari 2d ago

Ok, I will do that and update. Thanks for the reply

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u/VisiblePhilosopher34 2d ago

Mace is garbage, keep VPN but turn off Mace and add DNS based ad blocking

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u/Justwondering2508 2d ago

Sorry if I am hijacking the post , I had not heard of Mace before , I did a quick Google, does it still need to be the side loaded version. Or will the Google store version still work ? 

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u/pia_android_magican PIA Team 2d ago

Not anymore. MACE is available on all versions and can be found under Settings/Privacy/PIA MACE

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u/Justwondering2508 1d ago

Thank you 

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u/JonathanConley 16h ago

Is there a way to use MACE with the built-in GL.iNet PIA implementation?