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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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[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Sounds good. It’s a waste of time anyway. Maybe I’ll do something else like go outside or create something of my own.

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[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

God it sure would suck if there were trojan advertisements threatening to take down Youtube servers.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~My local invidious instance is borked too. Not sure if its related and I don't have time to investigate now.~~

~~Guess I need something else for background noise.~~

Edit: Took enough time to get a fresh image and its working again. Looks like I hadn't updated since September.

[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Yet another reason I'm glad I use youtube-dl.

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[-] illi@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Since it is server side, will this effect the alternative front ends?

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 6 points 4 months ago

That’s the point. They want to stop people bypassing ads by using alternative front ends. If they succeed with server side ads, then it’s going to be difficult to block ads. Maybe not impossible, but difficult.

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[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Won't this totally break deep linking to time codes?

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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

FUCK GOOGLE SO GODDAMN MUCH

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