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I bet! I run an adblocker and it's a cat and mouse game with YouTube ads slipping through. Last breakage, before I reinstalled it, I was getting ad interruption

by titzer 5y ago

I bet! I run an adblocker and it's a cat and mouse game with YouTube ads slipping through. Last breakage, before I reinstalled it, I was getting ad interruptions for the same two stupid adds literally every 45 seconds.

shadowgovt 5y ago
Problem is once an ad blocker's in the loop, the ad architecture's dataflow is damaged and it'll have to run fallback content. So you'll get whatever's in the B-list of ads and that may be just two.
- Macha 5y ago
  Yeah, google can circumvent the ad blocker's attempts to block the ad playback from beginning, but if the first thing the ad does is have double verify check if you're a bot, and double verify's domain is in your adblocker's list, then the ad is going to fail and Google will try load some other ad once it errors out.
  - tasha0663 5y ago
    > double verify check if you're a bot I hate when they do this. I just leave and go somewhere else. I'm not submitting to Voight-Kampff just to see a LinkedIn profile.
    - shadowgovt 5y ago
      That's win-win for the server. Servers start doing this because automated traffic is cutting into their ability to provide service to humans. If you're freeing up their traffic to serve other humans you're doing them a favor.
    - Macha 5y ago
      To be clear, advertising bot detection is different to website bot detection. The website bot detection is because they're worried about spambots filling comments or DDOS attacks. This is where you get the captchas. The advertiser bot detection is more for the case where the website owner is in on it and trying to boost their metrics to get more revenue from advertisers, and is more likely to be expressed via blank ad slots and demands for refunds from the website owner.
BenjiWiebe 5y ago
Which ad blocker? I use ublock origin and I never see YT ads.
- titzer 5y ago
  I agree uBlock origin is the best, but I am running Safari now, so I use both Adblock plus and Ghostery lite.
  - tomp 5y ago
    I use AdGuard, I don't see YouTube ads.

by titzer 5y ago

shadowgovt 5y ago

Problem is once an ad blocker's in the loop, the ad architecture's dataflow is damaged and it'll have to run fallback content. So you'll get whatever's in the B-list of ads and that may be just two.

Macha 5y ago
Yeah, google can circumvent the ad blocker's attempts to block the ad playback from beginning, but if the first thing the ad does is have double verify check if you're a bot, and double verify's domain is in your adblocker's list, then the ad is going to fail and Google will try load some other ad once it errors out.
- tasha0663 5y ago
  > double verify check if you're a bot I hate when they do this. I just leave and go somewhere else. I'm not submitting to Voight-Kampff just to see a LinkedIn profile.
  - shadowgovt 5y ago
    That's win-win for the server. Servers start doing this because automated traffic is cutting into their ability to provide service to humans. If you're freeing up their traffic to serve other humans you're doing them a favor.
  - Macha 5y ago
    To be clear, advertising bot detection is different to website bot detection. The website bot detection is because they're worried about spambots filling comments or DDOS attacks. This is where you get the captchas. The advertiser bot detection is more for the case where the website owner is in on it and trying to boost their metrics to get more revenue from advertisers, and is more likely to be expressed via blank ad slots and demands for refunds from the website owner.

BenjiWiebe 5y ago

Which ad blocker? I use ublock origin and I never see YT ads.

titzer 5y ago
I agree uBlock origin is the best, but I am running Safari now, so I use both Adblock plus and Ghostery lite.
- tomp 5y ago
  I use AdGuard, I don't see YouTube ads.