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0 pointsalkonaut2y ago0 comments

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?

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trumpeta2y ago

I'd still rather stare at a blank screen for 20s than view the ads.

alkonautOP2y ago

Sure, but that doesn't sound like something people would install an ad blocker to achieve...

eru2y ago

I often open videos in the background, and watch them later. So this would work perfectly well here.

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