downpunxx to Technology • 5 months agoYouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoletewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square378fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down111file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•5 months agoI mean I’ll settle for the ad being blacked out and muted while I wait for the content. Or have it play elevator music while I wait.
minus-square@A_Random_IdiotlinkEnglish17•5 months agoor do some back end trickery where they can buffer the video for longer than youtube allows, then selectively clip out the ad parts so you can continue to seemlessly watch.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months agoI wonder if the server throttles that ads so you can’t 2x the playback speed. Sounds like a good way to detect when the ads are being served.
I mean I’ll settle for the ad being blacked out and muted while I wait for the content. Or have it play elevator music while I wait.
or do some back end trickery where they can buffer the video for longer than youtube allows, then selectively clip out the ad parts so you can continue to seemlessly watch.
I wonder if the server throttles that ads so you can’t 2x the playback speed. Sounds like a good way to detect when the ads are being served.