Trying to block YouTube and Amazon PrimeVideo

[chuck88]

Hello there,

This happens only recently and it was working perfect since more than two years.

I put both Movies and Video Sharing as blocked, the router is using OpenDNS's public IPs as DNS servers, my own public IP is always correctly shown on my Dashboard, still my devices are still having access to iOS' YouTube app and PrimeVideo app. What is strange is that the Netflix app is always correctly blocked when the restriction is enforced, this later is classified as Movies like the PrimeVideo app.

Any idea where I should look for?

Thanks.

[rotblitz]

It seems you didn't block domains being used by the YouTube and PrimeVideo apps.  These may not be categorized under Movies and Video Sharing, because they may host other services as well.

For the YouTube app see https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115018690203

For PrimeVideo I don't know.  You may check your OpenDNS domain stats to find related domains to add them to your blacklist.

[chuck88]

Thank you for your reply.

However blacklisting those linked domain is not an practical solution because I would have to repeat the same procedure at least twice a week, since I need to unblock Movie and Video for the weekend.

Further to that, blacklisting those googleapis.com and related domains will mostly likely render other Google services useless, so it is a no-no.

I understand that this is not under OpenDNS' control, but do you have another alternative to suggest?

Regards.

[rotblitz]

Scheduling of settings is intentionally not supported by OpenDNS as DNS service in the cloud.  Scheduling must be technically a local function.

Some routers support scheduling of blocked domains or URLs or keywords.  One example is Netgear routers with Live Parental Controls (powered by OpenDNS).  There may be more router brands supporting scheduling of settings.

[marlinputnam8745]

It seems you didn't block domains being used by the YouTube and PrimeVideo apps,However blacklisting those linked domain is not an practical solution because I would have to repeat the same procedure at least twice a week, since I need to unblock Movie and Video for the weekend.

[rotblitz]

@marlinputnam8745

You're a troll with your attitude of copying & pasting sentences into a new comment.  I think I'll have to report this to OpenDNS who will be deleting your account and purging your comments then...

[chuck88]

Oh @rotblitz, I don't think that @marlinputnam8745 is having a bad attitude but only trying to find a solution with the very same problem.

I don't might at all when my comments are copied and pasted.

Regards.

[rotblitz]

...but he did this same thing some 28 times recently.  This cannot be by chance, but must be by intention.

[chuck88]

Hummm, I see. He must be searching also for many unresolved problems.

Thank you for your support.