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A comment on Show HN: I created an extension for direct streaming of videos, bypassing ads.

Re:Show HN: I created an extension for direct streaming of v... by alex_lav on Friday December 08, 2023 @01:31PM (#38572433)
Can you explain how this works to a person that knows relatively little about video encoding and streaming/adtech?
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Re:Show HN: I created an extension for direct streaming of v... by opan on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:00PM (#38584687)
If it's anything like yt-dlp, the ads aren't part of the actual video, so just grabbing the direct video happens to "bypass ads".
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