YouTube's crackdown on tools that block advertising continues with server-side ad injection. The developer of...
  • YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers, integrating ads directly into videos to make them indistinguishable from the main content.
  • This new method complicates ad blocking, including tools like SponsorBlock, which now face challenges in accurately identifying and skipping sponsored segments.
  • The feature is currently in testing and not widely rolled out, with YouTube encouraging users to subscribe to YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience.
  • Goronmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    20 days ago

    Go right ahead. If they actually manage to do it, that will be the end of my YouTube watching.

    …

    Except on extremely rare occasions.

    I’m sorry, I just find it funny that you walked back the “I’m done with Youtube” claim in the very next sentence.

    • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      I don’t think it can be completely avoided, but it can definitely be trimmed down a hell of a lot. As an example, if you watch YouTube for an hour a day and they make a change like this and you start watching it for 10 minutes a week, that’s a serious reduction.