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YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[โ€“] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't really matter. Ads are blockable by nature as they will always contrast with the content and are always the same. Worst case we might get a black screen for as long as the ad goes, but we'll always be able to block them. There's nothing YouTube can do.

[โ€“] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

yeah especially since the ads must be marked by law