YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads

Re:YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads by vonuebelgarten on Friday February 17, 2017 @03:26PM (#13671416)

> they could make the ads indistinguishable from the actual video (in the html), or even splice the videos into one stream.

And make ads unsuitable for the most egregious attacks on privacy, simple plain tracking or even as distribution channel for malware. Curiously, this nuclear option will make things better than the current situation.

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Re:YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads by dukeluke on Friday February 17, 2017 @09:08PM (#13673234)

I don't understand. What do you mean by this?

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Re:YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads by vonuebelgarten on Saturday February 18, 2017 @02:35PM (#13676273)

> I don't understand. What do you mean by this?

Ads embedded in the video stream (i.e. "burnt" as one with subtitles) can't be blocked but also can't deliver any active content (JS, Flash, etc) used for tracking or infecting users.

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