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mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Once server side ad blocking makes its way into mainstream, ad blocking I think will get interesting. Closer to the old ad blockers for cable television.

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SomeGuy69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Don’t worry, we’ll always be able to detect ads and block them. It’s by nature of an ad to be detectable.

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paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
What do you mean by server side?

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- mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Heres a better article on the technology: adguard.com/…/youtube-server-side-ad-insertion.ht…
  
  It basically makes ad blockers as we use them not work by injecting the ads into the video itself. It will also make things like sponsor block/ublock origin/etc… not work. They are testing the waters as of now.
  
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  - paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So you don’t mean ad blocking you mean ad serving.
    
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    mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    sure
    
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Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
How did they work for cable TV?

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