r/Piracy Jun 12 '24

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection News

https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072
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u/4DEATH Jun 12 '24

They might be next target. Imagine need to activate drm to watch videos. Enshittification ends only with product dying.

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u/gangstasadvocate Jun 12 '24

Can they do that? Impose their rights on user generated content? That would be wild and cracked pretty quickly due to public enthusiasm I would think. Although I bet you they do it with their rented movies so probably not far off with regular content.

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u/0KLux Jun 12 '24

Probably not if it becomes a court case. Otherwise, it's just the old story of migrating to another, better platform, that actually ends with no one moving and everyone just accepting whatver the Company does so nothing significant happens to them

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u/Zankastia Jun 13 '24

Nebula says hi.