Zerush@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 20 days agoYouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counteract ad blockersalternativeto.netexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoFrom what I read, this also breaks sponsorblock - as the ads are part of the video, it moves the time stamps of the video so it makes it not correct. The ads will also change I imagine so idk if sponsorblock will be a solution.
minus-squarejayknight@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoSo videos that reference timestamps in their own video won’t work? And comments that reference a timestamp won’t work?
minus-squareJeena@piefed.jeena.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoThey could on the fly change them.
minus-squaregila@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoWouldn’t that need to be done via some kind of API for cross-platform compatibility? An API which could be exploited to detect ad segments?
From what I read, this also breaks sponsorblock - as the ads are part of the video, it moves the time stamps of the video so it makes it not correct. The ads will also change I imagine so idk if sponsorblock will be a solution.
So videos that reference timestamps in their own video won’t work? And comments that reference a timestamp won’t work?
They could on the fly change them.
Wouldn’t that need to be done via some kind of API for cross-platform compatibility? An API which could be exploited to detect ad segments?