Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube’s dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there’s an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
I always wondered why YouTube doesn’t stream the ad intermixed into the video? Like, it’s DASH, right? How does that work, can’t the server send a video then switch to another stream source (the ad) and back?
Because YouTube doesn’t want you to skip ads? If the ad was just another part of the show, you would just fast forward past the ad.
Well obviously seeking would be disabled during those ads. But maybe that’s not preventable.
Then ad blockers could use this information to know which part of the video is the ad and block it again.
😏👏 Excellent
Switching stream sources is the most easy detectable form of ads. Also the most easily blocked, simple dns blocking will suffice.
That’s interesting info, thanks!