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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.

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[–] limewire@lemmy.cafe 60 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I'm kinda surprised they haven't done this already. Twitch has been doing this for a while now, and the only reliable way around it is to use a proxy in a country that Twitch doesn't run ads in.

[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think Twitch has gone to shit lately, because of their decisions, but I don't know the numbers. Do you have any info about this?

[–] limewire@lemmy.cafe 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, it's been pretty crap for a while now. I constantly see viewers complain about ~~AIDS~~ ads and even content creators feel poorly about them.

Looking at https://twitchtracker.com/statistics shows a relatively flat viewership base. Since January, they've seen a decrease of close to 15% viewers and concurrent channels. It appears that they had a large increase in viewers and channels in 2020, probably due to Covid, and since then they have been in decline.

[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks Limewire, even though you used to put virus on my computer.

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