> You know, you could also just refuse to send any video segments until the time when the ad is supposed to be over. As I understand it, many ads are skippable

> You know, you could also just refuse to send any video segments until the time when the ad is supposed to be over. As I understand it, many ads are skippable after a certain amount of time, so you'd have to allow for that, but that does seem like a sensible idea. (This is a similar approach to what Twitch does, by the way.)