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It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream. Then addbock will have to recognize when an add is being played and maybe mu

It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream. Then addbock will have to recognize when an add is being played and maybe mute/blackout the video. If lots of people use that kind of addblock (I'm not sure they will), it will lead to an arms race making content and adds blend and mix until there is a continuum from content through product placement to adds. Content creators already get paid for littering their content with adds. Right now, these portions are usually easy to notice and sponsoring is usually disclosed (except product placement). However, it's not a given this keeps being the case. I expect the fact that addblock ever worked on YouTube and just skipped adds will seem crazy to people in a decade.

daedalus_j 3y ago
Look for the "sponsorblock" browser extension. The arms race is already well underway.
add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
> It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream. The DVR was such a consumer friendly device. I haven't had to watch a commercial on cable in forever. The endgame of streaming was always going to be loss of control of the video stream, unskippable ads. Are all technological advances from now on destined to originate from or be acquired by the same tech giants and inevitably used against us after an introductory period of usefulness?
- staunton 3y ago
  My hope is that paying for the service will absolve one from adds. But it's a very faint hope. In the long run, we will either have governments regulate adds or be ruled by adds.
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solardev 3y ago
That arms race has been here for a few years already. Sponsorblock is a crowdsourced extension that uses community highlights of good and bad parts of a video to auto skip through it. Really useful for cutting through the sponsorships and other useless fluff. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y...

daedalus_j 3y ago

Look for the "sponsorblock" browser extension. The arms race is already well underway.

add-sub-mul-div 3y ago

> It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream. The DVR was such a consumer friendly device. I haven't had to watch a commercial on cable in forever. The endgame of streaming was always going to be loss of control of the video stream, unskippable ads. Are all technological advances from now on destined to originate from or be acquired by the same tech giants and inevitably used against us after an introductory period of usefulness?

staunton 3y ago
My hope is that paying for the service will absolve one from adds. But it's a very faint hope. In the long run, we will either have governments regulate adds or be ruled by adds.

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solardev 3y ago

That arms race has been here for a few years already. Sponsorblock is a crowdsourced extension that uses community highlights of good and bad parts of a video to auto skip through it. Really useful for cutting through the sponsorships and other useless fluff. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y...