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YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I'm prette sure they have to send the metadata to the client where an ad starts and ends. Just to make the ad clickable.

Timestamps can be calculated on the server, but maybe there will be an api endpoint that can be abused to search for the ads.