# metrics.plex.tv **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [October 21, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062 "2017-10-21T14:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMackG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dmackg/32/9869_2.png) [@DMackG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DMackG)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/1 "2017-10-21T14:52:41Z")
Why did Plex change from [metrics.plex.tv](http://metrics.plex.tv) in 1.9.4 to something else in 1.9.5 for their statistics gathering? I’m not looking to start another firestorm just curious to why. ---
**Author:** ![Wiidesire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wiidesire](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Wiidesire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/2 "2017-10-21T15:12:40Z")
If you opt out of sending optional playback data [here](https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/privacy-preferences/#opd "here") (Bitrate, Duration, Resolution, Offset, Completion Status) you shouldn’t see any [metrics.plex.tv](http://metrics.plex.tv) connections anymore. However since Plex is still collecting non-anonymized playback data (tied to your account) even if you opt out of optional playback data, you need to block [analytics.plex.tv](http://analytics.plex.tv) as well. ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/f/a/fa97198f26d519d966c05126cf5bb02c8ce7c29d.png) I’ve checked my PiHole Log and besides `analytics.plex.tv` and `metrics.plex.tv` there is nothing you can block without affecting functionality. Personally I also added `news.provider.plex.tv` because there are no german news outlets yet so it currently has no value to me. ---
**Author:** ![DMackG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dmackg/32/9869_2.png) [@DMackG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DMackG)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/3 "2017-10-21T15:35:37Z")
I had [metrics.plex.tv](http://metrics.plex.tv) blacklisted in pihole but after the 195 update I never seen any entry blocks. Today I downgraded to 194 and metrics is back which leads to believe they changed to some other avenue. Thanks for the headsup about [analytics.plex.tv](http://analytics.plex.tv)! ---
**Author:** ![DMackG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dmackg/32/9869_2.png) [@DMackG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DMackG)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/4 "2017-10-21T17:52:11Z")
Would still be curious as to what they changed it to! and Why! ---
**Author:** ![almontef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@almontef](https://forums.plex.tv/u/almontef)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/5 "2017-10-21T18:48:41Z")
@Wiidesire thanks for the 3 addresses you provided. Promptly blocked. ---
**Author:** ![Coxeroni](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/coxeroni/32/21481_2.png) [@Coxeroni](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Coxeroni)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/6 "2017-10-21T19:24:51Z")
Anybody knows how to block “URLs” (DNS entries?) instead of IPs in linux? Like with ufw? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Achilles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/achilles/32/16864_2.png) [@Achilles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Achilles)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/7 "2017-10-21T20:03:50Z")
Be careful blocking `news.provider.plex.tv` as it will have unintended results… ---
**Author:** ![Wiidesire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wiidesire](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Wiidesire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/8 "2017-10-21T20:07:03Z")
> @Achilles said: > Be careful blocking `news.provider.plex.tv` as it will have unintended results… > Which is what? No news category is plopping up in the Android TV interface, haven’t seen any side effects. ---
**Author:** ![Coxeroni](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/coxeroni/32/21481_2.png) [@Coxeroni](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Coxeroni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/10 "2017-11-17T10:19:47Z")
> @flow said: > > > @Coxeroni said: > > Anybody knows how to block “URLs” (DNS entries?) instead of IPs in linux? Like with ufw? 🙂 > > Sorry, I don’t know. But you can try to use your hosts file… Just as an idea… That would be easy, thanks for the hint 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marcelhehle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelhehle/32/110549_2.png) [@marcelhehle](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelhehle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/11 "2017-11-17T12:52:48Z")
> @Coxeroni said: > Anybody knows how to block “URLs” (DNS entries?) instead of IPs in linux? Like with ufw? 🙂 I don’t know any out-of the box solution. But it should be fairly easy: just write a script that reloads the iptables rules once a day. That script can than do a dns lookup and do the substitution. Other option: I’m running a central dns server for my home-network on my firewall. I’ve configured it in a way that e.g. metrics.plex.tv always translates into 127.0.0.1… Basically the same that Pi-Hole does. Alternative: you can still write the above translation locally into the hosts file and change resolv.conf to look into that before doing a dns lookup. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metrics-plex-tv/211062/12 "2020-01-08T00:01:41Z")