Zerush@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoYouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counteract ad blockersalternativeto.netexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
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minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoFrom what I read, this also breaks sponsorblock - as the ads are part of the video, it moves the time stamps of the video so it makes it not correct. The ads will also change I imagine so idk if sponsorblock will be a solution.
minus-squarejayknight@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoSo videos that reference timestamps in their own video won’t work? And comments that reference a timestamp won’t work?
minus-squareJeena@piefed.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThey could on the fly change them.
From what I read, this also breaks sponsorblock - as the ads are part of the video, it moves the time stamps of the video so it makes it not correct. The ads will also change I imagine so idk if sponsorblock will be a solution.
So videos that reference timestamps in their own video won’t work? And comments that reference a timestamp won’t work?
They could on the fly change them.