YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

  • @[email protected]
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    125 months ago

    Aha! So this is how one snuck into a video I downloaded last night. Fuckers. At least with a locally downloaded file I can quickly skip ahead.

      • @roofuskit
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        45 months ago

        Way back in the day when I used SageTV to record live TV there were programs that would automatically identify commercials and skip them for you. Computers are way more powerful now so I doubt it will be long before there’s and app that automatically downloads your favorite YouTube channels and prescans the videos to skip the ads.

        • @I_Miss_Daniel
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          35 months ago

          Still using comskip.exe today although it seems to be having more trouble than it used to.

        • @Chickenstalker
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          25 months ago

          I usee to wait by the VHS player and manually press pause while recording tv shows. In ironic retrospect, I find old 80s-90s commercials to be more kino than the tv shows I recorded.