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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Nothing that can't be blocked by sponsorblock.

And if that doesn't work we'll find something else. Even if we'd have to download the same video multiple times to compare and strip out the differences.

Google may have plenty of nerds, but the world will always have more.

[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The issue is that Sponsorblock uses timestamps of videos to skip segments. If the ads injected all have different durations, then SponsorBlock is now obsolete.

[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I had to drop sponsorblock as it was letting those ads in. Now just use unblock and I don't get those ads anymore.

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