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

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (10 children)

they cracked down on adblockers, adblockers got better.

They're trying to get around adblockers again, adblockers will get better again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm not so sure. Once they are embedded in the video they become hard to block. Twitch is like this now.

[–] RexWrexWrecks 4 points 4 months ago

And yet there are userscripts you can use to block out twitch ads. I haven't seen one for months now despite not being a subscriber.

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