downpunxx@fedia.io to Technology@lemmy.world · 4 months agoYouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoletewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoThat’s the point. They want to stop people bypassing ads by using alternative front ends. If they succeed with server side ads, then it’s going to be difficult to block ads. Maybe not impossible, but difficult.
minus-squareilli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s what I figured, but I’m not expert on how things work so wanted someone who knows more chime in. Sad times
That’s the point. They want to stop people bypassing ads by using alternative front ends. If they succeed with server side ads, then it’s going to be difficult to block ads. Maybe not impossible, but difficult.
That’s what I figured, but I’m not expert on how things work so wanted someone who knows more chime in. Sad times