boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square420fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down123
arrow-up1607arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square420fedilink
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·edit-217 days 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-up9·17 days 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