doodle967@lemdro.id to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 days agoYouTube is experimenting with server-side adslemmy.worldimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-223 days agoAdblockers can still mute and stop the user from seeing the ads with black screen (or fast forward). Advertisers will still be mad. Yes ik they disable the video controls but the video is still served just like before, just that they inject ads into it.
minus-squareProgrammer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·23 days agoReminds me of this post: https://lemmy.world/post/16500440
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·23 days agoThis is why Chrome browsers wanted Manifest v3 or whatever- they took away the APIs for extensions to do stuff like that.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoIt doesn’t affect WebKit or gecko browsers though, or customised Chromium browsers.
Adblockers can still mute and stop the user from seeing the ads with black screen (or fast forward). Advertisers will still be mad.
Yes ik they disable the video controls but the video is still served just like before, just that they inject ads into it.
Reminds me of this post: https://lemmy.world/post/16500440
Ah, Black Mirror 😔
This is why Chrome browsers wanted Manifest v3 or whatever- they took away the APIs for extensions to do stuff like that.
It doesn’t affect WebKit or gecko browsers though, or customised Chromium browsers.