In the ultimate, you'd need to do something like run a headless browser in a virtual machine, have it play out and record the entire video, then use something like AI to splice out the ad segments and distracting elements (a souped-up sponsorblock will work for a while, but eventually ads will be injected into the raw video stream at random intervals), and present the pristine finished content to you. Basically we are going to re-invent TiVo all over again xD.

In worst case, you can't start watching until the pre-roll ad timers expire. This is how adblocking works on Twitch streams currently - you can only see a purple screen even if you block the ads.

And yes, the headless browser will need to use AI for human-like mouse movement and to solve captchas - basically whatever state-of-the-art technologies spammers and scrapers are already currently using.

Google is anticipating this future and is trying to implement and force hardware-based DRM for web video before then.

That's what they're banking on, but we know that eventually they will f*** it up and lose everyone.

Ads on youtube are getting even more stupid. Does anyone get those ads about "procastinations" and "ADHD"? It starts off with some songs like "Procastination isnt your fault....." and some dolls dancing? So annoying

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If it forces you to pay and have an account, how is it better than YT?

Nebula is an invite basis

we live in a neoliberal gorgon dystopia

Holy crap that’s cheap! Honestly, I’d pay that.

Not only that but the bit-rate as of late seems horrendous, 1080 looks more like 720 or lower with artifacts all over the place.

Unless we have some serious alternatives, that won't happen anytime soon

Video hosting is really expensive. Every service running for free will eventually enshitify and turn out similar, because there's no such thing as free massive servers

I use an old outdated version of FF because the new v3 google bullshit isn't supported for my os version.

it was working fine one day and then a week after the official "cut off" it just slowed down and dropped quality.

it's ok though. I don't mind switching the quality and waiting for videos to buffer.

they also slow down videos if I use Firefox.

YouTube can eat my ass.

Not only that but the bit-rate as of late seems horrendous, 1080 looks more like 720 or lower with artifacts all over the place.

Oh, did you not pay for YouTube Extra Premium Plus for the enhanced bit rate?

Bloody peasant...

Not only that but the bit-rate as of late seems horrendous, 1080 looks more like 720 or lower with artifacts all over the place.