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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers, integrating ads directly into videos to make them indistinguishable from the main content.
This new method complicates ad blocking, including tools like SponsorBlock, which now face challenges in accurately identifying and skipping sponsored segments.
The feature is currently in testing and not widely rolled out, with YouTube encouraging users to subscribe to YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Didn't they roll out Manifest V3 to counter ad blockers already? The hell happened to that?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In theory this could be beaten by using a link to a timestamp at 1 second in. If it starts at 0, it's an ad.

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