YouTube's crackdown on tools that block advertising continues with server-side ad injection. The developer of...
  • YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers, integrating ads directly into videos to make them indistinguishable from the main content.
  • This new method complicates ad blocking, including tools like SponsorBlock, which now face challenges in accurately identifying and skipping sponsored segments.
  • The feature is currently in testing and not widely rolled out, with YouTube encouraging users to subscribe to YouTube Premium for an ad-free experience.
  • Xero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    5 months ago

    Didn’t they roll out Manifest V3 to counter ad blockers already? The hell happened to that?

    • Yuri addict@ani.socialEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      In order to fuck with everyone that is using browsers with built in ad blocking like brave and opera and people using firefox with ublock origin and custom clients

    • zzx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      5 months ago

      Different set of ideas. Plus, manifest V3 only cages chrome users. Firefox users never had to deal with that dumb bullshit