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YouTube looks to be testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers (9to5google.com)

submitted 4 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know why you'd go with a crypto scheme if what you actually need is video.

Peertube is federated just like lemmy, so it doesn't have to cook the planet to achieve decentralisation.

[–] androogee@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've heard that some versions of the Blockchain are not based on computing power and therefore are not nearly as awful re: emissions. But I don't really know much about it so I decided to look into Odysee.

Instead I found out all about how the company that created the protocol was blasted out of existence by the SEC for selling unregistered securities & the website is full of Nazis because they don't do anything about fucking Nazis.

Never did reach a conclusion about the blockchain thing. Kinda stopped caring. Sounds like a clusterfuck.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Proof of stake is what it's called, but then it's even more of a ponzi scheme because you have to buy in. Like they're literally recreating coconut island.

Also nobody seems to actually be doing it, possibly for exactly that reason. It's just a green-washing promise of an idea.

Federation and crypto are two completely opposite philosophies of decentralisation.

Crypto is based on zero-trust, which sounds cool and edgy if you're 15, but in practice it turns out that the people drawn to a zero trust system are untrustworthy. It's not surprising that it's full of Nazis.

Federation is designed around trust, which is the way our meatspace social networks actually work, and I think it's the only reasonable way forward.

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fair enough. I completely forgot about peertube. Been using newpipe predominantly and odysee was the first alternative that came to mind.

Thanks for reminding me about peer tube. A client recommendation would be great. I've used p2play.

Edit: I actually looked into the whole odysee debacle and it's disgusting,so I will try to use peertube (newpipe also supports it,but,again,completely forgot about it).