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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete (www.yahoo.com)
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, it would depend on how the front ends work with how they get content and so on.

Either way I doubt they care much about that data. I would bet they would bet they would rather get rid of those users.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The effort/cost expended to go after a tiny group of people vs the amount of money generated/saved from stopping them was (and probably still is) not worth it. There just aren't that many people who use 3rd party services without accounts.