SponsorBlock (and DeArrow): "YouTube is currently experimenting with server-si…" - Fosstodon
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YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream.
This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.
For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.
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it would require government intervention. Where a regulation must declare that ads must clearly be labelled as ads, so that adjustments can be made by detecting when is the ad segment happening.
If I recall correctly ads in the United states need to be labelled ads and is the reason #ad exists on Instagram