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Comment on YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 month agoDid 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
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Wasn’t sure which one to use, thanks
cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 month 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.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 month 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.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Consistent duration can be assumed, because that’s how advertising works. The 15-second spot is still the standard.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 month ago
I mean it might be, or they could decide to deliver 30 second ads to people they think are more likely to watch and 15s to ones they don’t. I don’t know enough about this implementation, for all I know they offset it by a few seconds because of Sponsorblock. Seems like they’d do anything to try to push more ads so who really knows at this point?