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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete (www.yahoo.com)
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Way back in the day when I used SageTV to record live TV there were programs that would automatically identify commercials and skip them for you. Computers are way more powerful now so I doubt it will be long before there's and app that automatically downloads your favorite YouTube channels and prescans the videos to skip the ads.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Still using comskip.exe today although it seems to be having more trouble than it used to.

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I usee to wait by the VHS player and manually press pause while recording tv shows. In ironic retrospect, I find old 80s-90s commercials to be more kino than the tv shows I recorded.