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Re:uBlock-Origin – 1.53.0 by alkonaut on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:43AM (#38096265)
I still don't understand how ad blocking in videos can work. I mean all it would take to force users to watch the ads is to ensure that after the ad starts streaming, you can't request any frame of the actual content until N seconds (The full ad length) later?
Re:uBlock-Origin – 1.53.0 by trumpeta on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:01AM (#38096381)
I'd still rather stare at a blank screen for 20s than view the ads.
Re:uBlock-Origin – 1.53.0 by alkonaut on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:02AM (#38096391)
Sure, but that doesn't sound like something people would install an ad blocker to achieve...
Re:uBlock-Origin – 1.53.0 by eru on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:41AM (#38096613)
I often open videos in the background, and watch them later. So this would work perfectly well here.