Re:YouTube blames ad blockers for slow load times, not the b...
by paulryanrogers on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:03PM
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Insertion is often at designated points to avoid cutting off a convo. So you'll hear them announce the break, then hear up to date and geolocated ads.
It depends. Podcast syndication services like PocketCast and Apple Podcasts now programmatically splice in ads into the audio files. You could be listening to some podcast from years ago and it would have ads for [present-day-thing]. Sometimes even in the middle of a sentence, because these dynamic ads can't event detect silent segments.