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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete (www.yahoo.com)
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YouTube has been spotted testing server-side ads, which could pose a problem to ad blockers.

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[–] EleventhHour 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They are also that. But when you watch YouTube-dl download a video, it downloads several parts, then ffmpeg recombines them into a single output file.

[–] whats_all_this_then 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That may be to speed up the download using multiple connections. Other downloaders do it on other sites as well, doesn't mean the files are split on the server.

[–] EleventhHour 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, you can sit here and make up a bunch of different reasons, but the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.