YouTube cracking on ad blockers.InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 1203 points – 9 months ago686Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentWhat youtube is trying to achieve is technically impossible, unless they merge the advertisements into the videos.don't give them ideasIt's already possible to block those with Sponsorblock.What you're saying is already very possible. Twitch is at the forefront of fighting adblockers and they're constantly adding new ways to serve ads. Realistically speaking I think YouTube has been only tolerating ad blockers and will start rolling out new methods next year.There are twitch specific ad blocks that have worked for about a year. It's pretty seamless.3 more...3 more...
What youtube is trying to achieve is technically impossible, unless they merge the advertisements into the videos.don't give them ideasIt's already possible to block those with Sponsorblock.What you're saying is already very possible. Twitch is at the forefront of fighting adblockers and they're constantly adding new ways to serve ads. Realistically speaking I think YouTube has been only tolerating ad blockers and will start rolling out new methods next year.There are twitch specific ad blocks that have worked for about a year. It's pretty seamless.3 more...3 more...
What you're saying is already very possible. Twitch is at the forefront of fighting adblockers and they're constantly adding new ways to serve ads. Realistically speaking I think YouTube has been only tolerating ad blockers and will start rolling out new methods next year.There are twitch specific ad blocks that have worked for about a year. It's pretty seamless.3 more...
What youtube is trying to achieve is technically impossible, unless they merge the advertisements into the videos.
don't give them ideas
It's already possible to block those with Sponsorblock.
What you're saying is already very possible. Twitch is at the forefront of fighting adblockers and they're constantly adding new ways to serve ads.
Realistically speaking I think YouTube has been only tolerating ad blockers and will start rolling out new methods next year.
There are twitch specific ad blocks that have worked for about a year. It's pretty seamless.