YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

    • lud@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      What makes you think they won’t block them or force ads to them as well?

      You do know that Invidious is still YouTube, right?

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        5 months ago

        It’s an open source front end to youtube, yes. So no ads on the sidebar, no bullshit about logging in, no garbage algorithm to be harassed by.

        And no commercials yet. If YT streams the ads and invidious doesn’t block them and adblocker doesn’t block them and PiHole doesn’t block them, I will not watch them.

        Death to Advertisement.

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          5 months ago

          I don’t think YouTube cares if you refuses to watch their videos on another platform or not.

          They probably prefer if you didn’t. You only cost them money with no revenue whatsoever.

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            5 months ago

            They are still a metric they can peddle to their advertisers to show “how many people see this ad in a month.”