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YouTube cracking on ad blockers.
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What youtube is trying to achieve is technically impossible, unless they merge the advertisements into the videos.
don't give them ideas
It's already possible to block those with Sponsorblock.
Firefox already has a plugin called "Youtube Enhancements" which includes "sponsor block" -- it skips ad embedded in the video.
What you're saying is already very possible. Twitch is at the forefront of fighting adblockers and they're constantly adding new ways to serve ads.
Realistically speaking I think YouTube has been only tolerating ad blockers and will start rolling out new methods next year.
That's probably because the streamers you watch don't run them.
There are twitch specific ad blocks that have worked for about a year. It's pretty seamless.