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EDIT: I didn't read carefully. Ignore the first sentence. ~There's already a tool called SponsorBlock which in conjunction with FreeTube or Invidious can autom
by TehCorwiz 2y ago
EDIT: I didn't read carefully. Ignore the first sentence.
~There's already a tool called SponsorBlock which in conjunction with FreeTube or Invidious can automatically skip portions of videos tagged as sponsorships or ads.~ I don't see server injected ads being a long-term problem for people who use blockers or third-party players. It just shifts the problem to the "analog hole".
- bdcravens 2y agoIt seems like this could be easily defeated via random ad injection.
- hedora 2y agoRandom ad injection is easily defeated by services like that. They’d just need to fingerprint ever N second window of the video, and then drop stuff that isn’t included across multiple plays. I wish video distribution would move to self hosting or some other decentralized model though.
- thisisthenewme 2y agoAnd could this be defeated because the video itself is static and identifying the ad would then be around the unexpected changes to it? :D
- timvdalen 2y agoThe link goes to a post by the author of SponsorBlock
- jsheard 2y agoThe OP is written by the developer of SponsorBlock, if they say it's a problem I'll take their word for it.
- TehCorwiz 2y agoI didn't actually notice that.
- tjpnz 2y agoIf you read the linked thread this is causing issues with the offsets SB currently uses. That aside YT will have the ability to inject ads dynamically based on region or whatever other signals they use for targeting. Consequently no two copies of the same video are guaranteed to have the same length.
- fluidcruft 2y agoDid you follow the submission link at all? It's from SponsorBlock explaining that this change breaks their things.