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Curious - why does Youtube not figure out how to outsmart ad blockers? Is it technically not possible to embed ads into the video such that the ad blocker canno
by raz32dust 5y ago
Curious - why does Youtube not figure out how to outsmart ad blockers? Is it technically not possible to embed ads into the video such that the ad blocker cannot detect it?
- alkonaut 5y agoSome script has to pay attention to whether you watch it so presumably there will always be a browser state that knows whether an ad is being watched.
- sxv 5y agoGood question. It is a cat and mouse game but certainly possible for YouTube to (at least) only release part Y of the video after a certain amount of time has elapsed since part X was released. And if YouTube really wanted to seamlessly glue the ads and video together, I think it would be insurmountable from an adblocker's perspective.
- timbit42 5y agoHave you used SponsorBlock?