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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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[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Grayjay has been useful for that. I still follow people on YouTube, but if they setup a channel anywhere else I can switch my feed to draw from those sources instead.

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Oh cool! Is there any non-mobile app/service that does something similar?

[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The source code for GrayJay is available if you're concerned or want to work on a non-mobile app/service yourself, but otherwise I don't know of anything that combines the services like that.

https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay

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