YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream.

This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.

For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.

@sponsorblock the beginning of the end for YouTube I feel.

@syphist @sponsorblock #YouTube started to die when #AdPocalypse in 2016 hit and #SmallChannels got collectively punished under false pretenses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbok9Aju0JA

Susan Wojcicki is Ruining YouTube

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