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cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It will always be randomized, otherwise it’s not targeted. There’s no reason to run Swedish pampers ads in the US or Walmart ads in Japan.

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  • cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean placement within the video timeline. E.g. do all users see the ad at 0:00 or 2:00 or does it jump around for everyone to prevent it from being tagged.

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    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And when the pampers ad is 24 second long and the walmart ad is 55 seconds, even if they start at the same time, they won’t end at the same time, and now the next ad starts at a different time as well.

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      • cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sure, in a reality where that happens, but that isn’t ours. Ads are overwhelmingly made to match the standard 0:15 and 0:30.

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Placement” ie. on the timeline, friend. Not target.

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    • Womble@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right but the swedish pampers ad and the walmart as will be different lengths so the timings wont be the same

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      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Not necessarily, but sure?

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• burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Did you read the article? The article shows a post from Sponsoblock and it specifically states that they turned off sponsor block submissions on effected browser since they can’t be reliable with the new ad delivery method

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  • cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This breaks the current SB implementation, but if the ad duration is known and consistent across the userbase then it will fix itself as users tag videos with the “new” timestamps.

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    • burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, but the article didn’t say anything about consistent durations and spacing. It might be the case, but I have no idea how to find that out.

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      • cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Consistent duration can be assumed, because that’s how advertising works. The 15-second spot is still the standard.

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Affected*

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    • burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wasn’t sure which one to use, thanks

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• ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wonder if you could just download the video twice and then remove any frame not present in both copies

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