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And then ad blockers will snip out the ad portion of the stream and the cat and mouse game will continue.
by TheLoneWolfling 11y ago
And then ad blockers will snip out the ad portion of the stream and the cat and mouse game will continue.
- userbinator 11y agoVCRs did that long before streaming became popular, as in those days the only way ads could appear were as directly in the video signal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_skipping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_skipping Not surprisingly there was some legal action, but I think it's rather unenforceable in practice, and saying it's illegal to do so is nearly equivalent to saying that you do not have the freedom to change the channel, look away, or even close your eyes - a rather scary situation.