InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 years agoYouTube cracking on ad blockers.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down133
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minus-squarefullstopslash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 years agoAdblockers are eventually just going to become undetectable because of this. Adblockers are about to get so much better!
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey could use inline commercials. They could also disable viewing while not logged in, they count the minutes you’ve watched content vs the minutes of commercials that content was supposed to have and block your account.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAddblocker that runs a second instance in the background that watches the add for each video to make up the time.
minus-squareDudeBoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoWe already have sponsorblock for that.
Adblockers are eventually just going to become undetectable because of this. Adblockers are about to get so much better!
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They could use inline commercials.
They could also disable viewing while not logged in, they count the minutes you’ve watched content vs the minutes of commercials that content was supposed to have and block your account.
Addblocker that runs a second instance in the background that watches the add for each video to make up the time.
We already have sponsorblock for that.