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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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