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YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes(www.youtube.com)

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Ænima@lemm.ee
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I’d imagine YouTube subtracts the ad length from posted timestamps when clicking a link containing one. But we are taking about Google, soooooo…

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smeg@feddit.uk
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If Google can do that then hopefully sponsor block can too!

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Ænima@lemm.ee
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In the cat and mouse game, the cat can adjust tactics but the mice eventually figure out an alternative route. I’m sure they will find a way with this. Either that or a lot of people will just stop watching YouTube, I’d imagine.

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ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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A truly shocking number of people don’t use any form of adblock. I doubt that driving off the adblock users will have a significant effect on viewership (and even if it does, why would Google care, it’s not like we’re making them money).

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