@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 10 months agoYouTube is now blocking Ad Blockers – So I just make ads run 16x fasterold.reddit.commessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1114file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1114external-linkYouTube is now blocking Ad Blockers – So I just make ads run 16x fasterold.reddit.com@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months agoThey can just embed the ads in the actual video, server side.
minus-squareVincent AdultmanlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoSponsorblock would still work, wouldn’t?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoAds can be randomly placed so there is no specific timestamp to skip. This would obviously be very costly for Google, which is likely why they haven’t done it yet, but ultimately an ad blocker wouldn’t be able to block those.
minus-squareVincent AdultmanlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoDon’t give them any ideas, a’right? But yeah. That’s true. We could skip those identifying per frame/time, but adblocking would need more resources.
They can just embed the ads in the actual video, server side.
Sponsorblock would still work, wouldn’t?
Ads can be randomly placed so there is no specific timestamp to skip.
This would obviously be very costly for Google, which is likely why they haven’t done it yet, but ultimately an ad blocker wouldn’t be able to block those.
Don’t give them any ideas, a’right? But yeah. That’s true. We could skip those identifying per frame/time, but adblocking would need more resources.