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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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[-] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Because YouTube doesn't want you to skip ads? If the ad was just another part of the show, you would just fast forward past the ad.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well obviously seeking would be disabled during those ads. But maybe that's not preventable.

[-] Huschke@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Then ad blockers could use this information to know which part of the video is the ad and block it again.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

😏👏 Excellent

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