Video streaming sites like YouTube are experimenting with server-side ad insertion
Server-side ad insertion differs from normal YouTube ad insertion techniques primarily in how ads are delivered to viewers. In traditional methods, ads are served separately from the video content, allowing ad blockers to intercept and block them. However, with server-side ad injection, the ad becomes part of the video stream itself, making it indistinguishable from the content. This means that ad blockers are less effective because they can’t differentiate between ads and the actual video
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So we know what this means for traditional ad blockers. But what about video converters and downloaded that “grabs” the video stream and converts it into an mp4 video format for example? Will it be embedded inside the video file or can it be filtered from the stream?
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