Arse has fallen out of their money printer so they're getting desperate.
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2024
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There is no way for advertisers to know that their ads are actually shown. That is why an ad is a link to the advertiser's website. If there is one thing I have learned from uploading to YT and watching, it's that YT is terrible at transparency and this kind of logistics. I doubt this will work at all.
God it sure would suck if there were trojan advertisements threatening to take down Youtube servers.
Sounds good. It’s a waste of time anyway. Maybe I’ll do something else like go outside or create something of my own.
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~~My local invidious instance is borked too. Not sure if its related and I don't have time to investigate now.~~
~~Guess I need something else for background noise.~~
Edit: Took enough time to get a fresh image and its working again. Looks like I hadn't updated since September.
Since it is server side, will this effect the alternative front ends?
That’s the point. They want to stop people bypassing ads by using alternative front ends. If they succeed with server side ads, then it’s going to be difficult to block ads. Maybe not impossible, but difficult.
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I got the server-side ads a few weeks ago. Switched to another account and was ad-free again. I'd be happy to pay for Premium as it supports the creators I watch, but for ad-free alone it's not worth the £13/mo. The other features jacking up the price aren't much use to me.
Won't this totally break deep linking to time codes?
They can surely work around that... But if the client somehow knows where the ads are, the adblocker can skip them anyways.
But maybe also deep linking is less important than ads to them.
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If only there were hundreds of other sites on the Internet that stream video. If porn sites can make it work, anyone can make it work.