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YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream. This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times. For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/14579120

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream.

This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.

For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.

  • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
    55·
    5 months ago

    Literally just make ads less obnoxious, and/or make YouTube premium not stupidly expensive. That’s all you fuckin have to do, YouTube, and you can cut a huge portion of the cat and mouse game.

    • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      All they’d have to do for me to buy premium is make a plan without YT music that costs less. It’s not that hard. I will never use YT music, and that has nothing to do with the quality of the service or whatever - I’m not interested in music streaming services at all.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      5·
      5 months ago

      according to their bean counters its probably cheaper for them to do the cat and mouse game. they wouldnt be doing it like this otherwise.

      • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
        4·
        5 months ago

        As much as I don’t want to believe it, it must be true. I guess development is cheap enough when you have foreign countries doing it for you