Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down11
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changeswww.youtube.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareÆnima@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoI’d imagine YouTube subtracts the ad length from posted timestamps when clicking a link containing one. But we are taking about Google, soooooo…
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoIf Google can do that then hopefully sponsor block can too!
minus-squareÆnima@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoIn the cat and mouse game, the cat can adjust tactics but the mice eventually figure out an alternative route. I’m sure they will find a way with this. Either that or a lot of people will just stop watching YouTube, I’d imagine.
I’d imagine YouTube subtracts the ad length from posted timestamps when clicking a link containing one. But we are taking about Google, soooooo…
If Google can do that then hopefully sponsor block can too!
In the cat and mouse game, the cat can adjust tactics but the mice eventually figure out an alternative route. I’m sure they will find a way with this. Either that or a lot of people will just stop watching YouTube, I’d imagine.