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YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog (adguard.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The ads come at different entry and exit points for every user.

They're not referring to the YouTube ads, but the "let's take a minute to talk about today's sponsor nordvpn that I used on my trip to Antarctica." This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.

Except it doesn't when a YouTube ad is injected in the middle. Then all timestamps after the ad are offset by the length of the ad. That's not from me, that's from SponsorBlock themselves in the OP.