boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square415fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down123cross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1607arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square415fedilinkcross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·edit-28 months agoFreetube has a sponsor skip feature, skips sponsored sections of videos automatically, so it looks like this has already been solved
minus-squareKneeTitts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoserver side video ad injection means they could vary the placement of the ad, so things like sponsorblock which relies on the segment being in the exact same place all the time would not be very effective
Freetube has a sponsor skip feature, skips sponsored sections of videos automatically, so it looks like this has already been solved
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server side video ad injection means they could vary the placement of the ad, so things like sponsorblock which relies on the segment being in the exact same place all the time would not be very effective