YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.
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This is where AI would come in handy. Start scrubbing the buffer as it’s coming in to identify the difference and jump past it.
27 6 ReplyIt becomes an AI war. They will use AI to make ads to get around the AI blocking. The ads will end up looking very similar to the content.
Ad: "Hey guys. It's ya boy, NordVPN, here today to tell you about the dangers of using the internet without my VPN...."
24 0 ReplyWhatever happened to ad placement lol
5 0 ReplyThen you start using ai to put in anti ads that point out all the bad stuff about the usual ad subjects, I'd say get as code to libel/slander as possible without risking a lawsuit
4 1 ReplyI'd be watching a car accident compilation and a Buick starts trying to tell me to ask my doctor about Cymbalta. You know... I might actually watch that.
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Aren't they legally required to indicate that an ad is playing? Should be almost trivial to detect and I don't know how they'd get around that.
18 0 ReplyI'm the US? I think only if the content is targeted at children.
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