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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (6 children)

This is where AI would come in handy. Start scrubbing the buffer as it’s coming in to identify the difference and jump past it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Aren't they legally required to indicate that an ad is playing? Should be almost trivial to detect and I don't know how they'd get around that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm the US? I think only if the content is targeted at children.

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