thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nztoTechnology@lemmy.world•YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsoleteEnglish
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2 months agoWhile the overall video would be a different length, video players often don’t count the ads towards the media time. So the deep links should be okay
I’m not entirely sure how ad blockers work, but my understanding was they prevent things loading from certain URLs. If the ads are embedded into the video, then there’s no ad-specific URL to block