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YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog (adguard.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they just use timestamps from a crowdsourced database, just like sponsorblock.

Nope, it’s analyzing the sound to guess where the intro starts and ends. Turns out this is pretty simple to implement, but quite reliable. Source: worked for Plex

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's great, but it won't work if each user receives a different file.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

This is about intro detection in TV shows, not ad blocking. I’m not proposing this as a good way to block ads, just noting that this feature in Plex doesn’t use a database.