YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads

https://lemdro.id/post/9769248

YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16462338 >https://fosstodon.org/@sponsorblock/112603139898164385

It’s more complicated, but you can still use crowd-sourcing to recognize the ads. Then use an algo to analyze the ad, frame by frame, and reject that when it shows up.

It’ll take a bit of time, but their strategy isn’t going to last. It’s ‘arms-race’ style escalation on a digital front. Eventually, the crowd sourcing will be replaced by AI/ML tools. Ad companies, like google, will always try to fight back, but open-source will always respond. You can’t beat nerds that are intelligent and passionate about not getting fucked.

When programmers with ADHD/Autism get interrupted from a fixation (like a video), suppressing that interruption, even if unproductive or unimportant, becomes their new fixation.

I’ve been guilty of this many times, for better or worse.

I feel personally attacked by this comment.

I spent like 8 hours yesterday figuring out how to install viewtube on my NAS because I got the YouTube Adblock warning on my iPad.