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.
  • hightrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    15 days ago

    I’ll just use I and stop using YouTube. I won’t purposefully poison my mind with ads.

    • Bogasse@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      15 days ago

      You could still go for a premium subscription, but I don’t trust Google with my money either.

      I hope this would make some quality content creators to move to another platform, but I don’t really believe in this.

      • greenskye@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        My concern is the inevitable day premium YouTube has ads too. Seems like ‘ad free’ is almost always a temporary pit stop for media platforms on the road to recreating cable.