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.
  • wagoner@infosec.pubEnglish
    1942·
    14 days ago

    As we learned from the reddit app changes, the ending of Netflix account sharing, etc etc the people who will take this action are few enough not to matter. Regretfully.

    • DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      541·
      14 days ago

      It does matter because it inspires newer platforms that aren’t as shitty like Lemmy, PixelFed, Mbin, and PeerTube.

      • skulblaka@startrek.websiteEnglish
        22·
        14 days ago

        We’re about to have a great big shattering of the internet and I’m all for it. Collating the pieces will be a pain in the ass for a couple years but some handful of nerds out there blessed by the spirit of Ritchie will create a tool for it, and what’s left of our world will be a better place for it.

          • Ænima@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            13 days ago

            Question, if a square on your bingo card is titled, “collapse of society,” can I still use it for this?

        • Moorshou@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          13 days ago

          I’ve been just recommending Lemmy out there as the new internet, which us what this feels like to me, IS like the old internet again!

    • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
      221·
      14 days ago

      That doesn’t matter to me. When a company does shit like this, I won’t use it and will actively avoid it. People can do what they want and if they want to be abused constantly that’s on them. I don’t really care. I make my choice and I stick with it. Change will never happen with companies, they don’t care unless they actually get charged more then the money they make from their abuse and we all know that will never happen .

    • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      14 days ago

      Well I don’t know about the Reddit stuff not mattering—I occasionally still check on it for a couple of niche communities and the Reddit I used to enjoy has basically died, it’s like the place is filled with angry idiots now. Those people were always there before but usually buried under a load of downvotes where you could mostly ignore them; they now seem to be a majority of those left contributing over there.

      They killed the golden goose in scaring off enough of the people contributing most interesting posts and comments (who were doing it entirely for free!) that the lunatics have taken over and shat on everything

      • Pips@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        7·
        14 days ago

        Everyone I’ve spoken to about it has noted that it’s become a very different place. I’ll still use it for reviews and getting tips for serious things like privacy and some basic DIY. But a lot of that advice will be obsolete in a couple years and very few people are replenishing it. Who’s going to give a shit about the best home theater setups of 2023 in two years?

    • Ookami38@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      151·
      14 days ago

      Each of these exoduses moves the bar a little bit. We only lose if we give up. Eventually the bad decisions will catch up to them, as long as we keep pushing.

    • Lev_Astov@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      14 days ago

      I don’t know about you, but what I learned is we’ll build our own Youtube with blackjack and hookers.