boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square420fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down123cross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1606arrow-down1external-linkYouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block adswww.androidpolice.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square420fedilinkcross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·edit-214 days agoIf the YouTube interface restricts you skipping during certain parts of the video, an ad blocker can detect that and skip over it anyway. Otherwise, I myself will just skip over the ad.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 days agoOr at the very least detect when you can’t skip and mute the tab and put a black box over top of the video.
If the YouTube interface restricts you skipping during certain parts of the video, an ad blocker can detect that and skip over it anyway. Otherwise, I myself will just skip over the ad.
Or at the very least detect when you can’t skip and mute the tab and put a black box over top of the video.