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YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream.

This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.

For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Wow that’s very annoying. What does this mean for the future of adblocking?

[–] MinusPi@pawb.social 42 points 5 months ago (9 children)

It'll be difficult for a while until someone figures it out and then it'll be easy again. It's just an arms race.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

it would require government intervention. Where a regulation must declare that ads must clearly be labelled as ads, so that adjustments can be made by detecting when is the ad segment happening.

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

If I recall correctly ads in the United states need to be labelled ads and is the reason #ad exists on Instagram

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