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doodle967@lemdro.id to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads

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YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads

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doodle967@lemdro.id to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16462338

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    If it’s part of the video now, doesn’t that mean we can just fast forward through it?

    Because if it’s something explicit in the stream, then ad blockers will just look for that and we’re back to where we are currently.

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      I guess they could prevent you from doing that by:

      • Creating a timestamp
      • Sending you the ad
      • Refuse to send you the rest of the stream until “Now - Timestamp >= Ad’s runtime”
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        Have some browser extension play the video in the background with ads and notify me once it’s done. In the meantime show some message like “bringing out the trash”. Can do better things with my time than watching ads Or something to that effect… 🤷

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        Please drink verification can.

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      Those controls are disabled during the ad

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        But then ad blockers would know when controls are disabled

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          All I can tell you is what I experienced

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            Wait, you already have embedded ads??

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              Yep, I guess I’m in the expirement

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                Dang, where are you located?

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