YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads
YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads
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If it’s part of the video, and one can always skip in videos, couldn’t people skip this as well?
If they use some blocking, then ad blockers will just become skip enablers.
Having to fast forward a bit when you click on the video seems doable. But what if they put it at random spots in the vid?
I guess it depends. Theoretically yes it's possible. But when they do this basically on the fly something like sponsorblock will be difficult, as it's User-maintained, and all the timestamps added from them can be invalidated when the video stream changes...
But I'm almost sure people find a way, especially ad blocking is done by a lot of technically affine people.
The video UI is independent of this, they can show an ad-specific timeline or even disable playback controls while the ad is visible.
they can show an ad-specific timeline or even disable playback controls while the ad is visible.
Which adblockers could detect (at least in browsers not infected with manifest v3) and use to skip the ads. 🤷♂️