MythTV solved this long ago. We already have the tech to bypass this shit.
The battle goes on and on.
I read about some sucker that paid for YouTube premium and still got ads in his pause screen. Lol.
Crowdsourced "tagging" of the affected area of the video timeline (like Sponsorblock) would fix this, unless Google get really devious and randomize the placement of the ad for various users.
Did you read the article? The article shows a post from Sponsorblock and it specifically states that they turned off sponsor block submissions on effected browsers since they can't be reliable with the new ad delivery method
This breaks the current SB implementation, but if the ad duration is known and consistent across the userbase then it will fix itself as users tag videos with the "new" timestamps.
It's like Alphabet hate guaranteed money.
"How can we boost the next six months of investment for sake of stable income over the next decade?"
"More ads. Studies show everyone with internet access fucking loves them."
*Brilliant! Welcome to entry level lower senior-ish management, Jenkins."
"YESSSSS! I can't wait to tell the family about this when I'm on leave from this wonderfully accommodating work campus. All hail, G."
"All hail, G."
Let's make an actual useful AI that detects ads and muted/blacks out the screen during ads. Haha
I'm surprised it took them so incredibly long to crack down on adblockers.
They used to still be only a small percentage until the entire internet got completely decimated by ads in the past 5 years.
So AdGuard works on the YouTube website. I haven't been there for some time - I use 2 other methods to watch YouTube ad-free.
Anyone with knowledge of the matter care to comment? So far my YouTube watching is still ad-free.
I also run pi-hole in front of my WiFi. Nothing gets through. Or will it?
I noticed some podcasts these days have random server injected ads - usually the same ad repeated 2 or 3 times, is this going to be my video stream soon?
If ads are injected server-side like the article is taking about, your downloads in Newpipe and Kodi are going to have the ads in them.
now I need to move away from Telegram & YouTube at the same time.. oef
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