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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] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

A few more years till they measure engagement via your camera

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yet another reason I'm glad I use youtube-dl.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

God it sure would suck if there were trojan advertisements threatening to take down Youtube servers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

~~My local invidious instance is borked too. Not sure if its related and I don't have time to investigate now.~~

~~Guess I need something else for background noise.~~

Edit: Took enough time to get a fresh image and its working again. Looks like I hadn't updated since September.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds good. It’s a waste of time anyway. Maybe I’ll do something else like go outside or create something of my own.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Since it is server side, will this effect the alternative front ends?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (5 children)

That’s the point. They want to stop people bypassing ads by using alternative front ends. If they succeed with server side ads, then it’s going to be difficult to block ads. Maybe not impossible, but difficult.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

FUCK GOOGLE SO GODDAMN MUCH

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I got the server-side ads a few weeks ago. Switched to another account and was ad-free again. I'd be happy to pay for Premium as it supports the creators I watch, but for ad-free alone it's not worth the £13/mo. The other features jacking up the price aren't much use to me.

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