That was just my first instinct on how YpuTube may solve their issue with adblocking. I don’t know how they will do it, but they won’t allow you to skip the ad by fast forwarding.
Inject the ad into the stream making it indistinguishable from the video. This allows users to skip it if they don’t want to watch it. (I would prefer this honestly)
Try to force users to watch ads by making them unskippable, this makes them easy for add-ons to detect.
I meant indistinguishable to the software. If the ad comes from the same source, and doesn’t inhibit playback controls (such as fast forward), then it is significantly more difficult for an add-on to block it. Of course that would mean users can just fast forward if they don’t want to watch it.
That was just my first instinct on how YpuTube may solve their issue with adblocking. I don’t know how they will do it, but they won’t allow you to skip the ad by fast forwarding.
YouTube has two options:
Inject the ad into the stream making it indistinguishable from the video. This allows users to skip it if they don’t want to watch it. (I would prefer this honestly)
Try to force users to watch ads by making them unskippable, this makes them easy for add-ons to detect.
That, luckily, is completely illegal over here.
I meant indistinguishable to the software. If the ad comes from the same source, and doesn’t inhibit playback controls (such as fast forward), then it is significantly more difficult for an add-on to block it. Of course that would mean users can just fast forward if they don’t want to watch it.