boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square409fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down123
arrow-up1606arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square409fedilink
minus-squareGestrid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThat assumes every ad is exactly the same (or at least the same length) and at the same spot for every user.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoyeah, I realized it after posting. I don’t see ads, I use it to block sponsored stuff and forgot about injected ads. still a great plugin.
minus-squareYou999@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoPre roll and post roll ads would be pretty easy to detect since the length of the actual video is fixed. Mid roll ads though will need something more clever.
That assumes every ad is exactly the same (or at least the same length) and at the same spot for every user.
yeah, I realized it after posting. I don’t see ads, I use it to block sponsored stuff and forgot about injected ads. still a great plugin.
Pre roll and post roll ads would be pretty easy to detect since the length of the actual video is fixed. Mid roll ads though will need something more clever.