doodle967@lemdro.id to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agoYouTube is experimenting with server-side adslemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageYouTube is experimenting with server-side adslemmy.worlddoodle967@lemdro.id to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
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minus-square_sideffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoIf it’s part of the video now, doesn’t that mean we can just fast forward through it? Because if it’s something explicit in the stream, then ad blockers will just look for that and we’re back to where we are currently.
minus-squaremicka190@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoI guess they could prevent you from doing that by: Creating a timestamp Sending you the ad Refuse to send you the rest of the stream until “Now - Timestamp >= Ad’s runtime”
minus-squareErilElidor@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoHave some browser extension play the video in the background with ads and notify me once it’s done. In the meantime show some message like “bringing out the trash”. Can do better things with my time than watching ads Or something to that effect… 🤷
minus-squareYoFrodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoThose controls are disabled during the ad
minus-square_sideffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoBut then ad blockers would know when controls are disabled
minus-squareYoFrodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoAll I can tell you is what I experienced
minus-square_sideffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoWait, you already have embedded ads??
If it’s part of the video now, doesn’t that mean we can just fast forward through it?
Because if it’s something explicit in the stream, then ad blockers will just look for that and we’re back to where we are currently.
I guess they could prevent you from doing that by:
Have some browser extension play the video in the background with ads and notify me once it’s done. In the meantime show some message like “bringing out the trash”. Can do better things with my time than watching ads Or something to that effect… 🤷
Please drink verification can.
Those controls are disabled during the ad
But then ad blockers would know when controls are disabled
All I can tell you is what I experienced
Wait, you already have embedded ads??
Yep, I guess I’m in the expirement