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victorz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I always wondered why YouTube doesn’t stream the ad intermixed into the video? Like, it’s DASH, right? How does that work, can’t the server send a video then switch to another stream source (the ad) and back?

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zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Because YouTube doesn’t want you to skip ads? If the ad was just another part of the show, you would just fast forward past the ad.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well obviously seeking would be disabled during those ads. But maybe that’s not preventable.
  
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  - Huschke@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Then ad blockers could use this information to know which part of the video is the ad and block it again.
    
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    victorz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    😏👏 Excellent
    
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Fallenwout@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Switching stream sources is the most easy detectable form of ads. Also the most easily blocked, simple dns blocking will suffice.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s interesting info, thanks!
  
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