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submitted 18 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That is sort of what sponsored segments are, and what sponsorblock is quite effective at dealing with.

If they're injected on the fly at variable time points, it gets harder, but I suspect fingerprinting could work well enough.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Even better, yeah. So this solution shouldn't feel necessary unless as a last ditch effort, definitely.