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Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't?

From Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups alt.windows7.general, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't?
Followup-To alt.os.linux
Date 2016-09-12 10:27 +0000
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Horace Algier wrote:
> [snip]
> How does the ad differ from the content?

(NOTE - setting followup to the group I frequent.)

Generally, it's another video spliced "before" the actual content, or
into the middle of the content stream. 

While it may not be entirely related to the ad itself, you can kind of
tell where YT (or the uploader) chose to put ads, because they'll show
as a different color in the slider bar of the video (IIRC, content is
white for "buffered" / red for "played", and ads are yellow).  Just
mentioning this, as at least with slower devices, you usually get a
"break" in the stream as the computer (or other device) loads the new
video from memory.

> Specifically, how does the browser know what an ad is, versus what content
> is?

likely the "ad" videos have something that shows they're an ad (e.g.
from googleadservices.com, or similar "known ad site").  However, since
adblock / ublock is sufficiently skilled at detecting them, I haven't
bothered with looking into it any deeper than that.

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What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-08 00:59 +0000
  Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-09-08 01:59 +0000
    Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-08 02:41 +0000
      Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-09-08 08:47 +0000
        Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-08 10:40 +0000
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2016-09-08 11:12 +0000
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2016-09-08 17:18 +0100
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-08 23:13 +0000
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-15 22:05 -0400
    Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2016-09-09 14:13 +1200
      Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-09 08:25 -0400
        Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-09 17:01 +0000
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2016-09-09 16:06 -0400
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2016-09-10 10:46 +1200
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-09 18:53 -0500
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-10 03:38 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-12 10:27 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-13 16:06 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? ElfinArc <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-09-13 11:53 -0500
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-13 16:56 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-13 13:03 -0400
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-10 00:07 +0000
        Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-09 17:15 +0000
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-09 10:25 -0700
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-09 16:00 -0400
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-10 00:07 +0000
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-09 13:13 -0700
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 09:31 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-10 10:48 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-11 09:23 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-10 09:35 -0700
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 13:15 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-10 10:42 -0700
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-11 00:27 +0000
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 21:12 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-11 09:22 +0000
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-15 22:16 -0400
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-15 19:33 -0700
          Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-09 16:02 -0400
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-09 17:46 -0400
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-09 19:06 -0500
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-09 20:51 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-09 21:53 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 10:12 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-10 10:48 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 11:48 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-10 12:11 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? AL <noemail@invalid.com> - 2016-09-10 11:11 -0700
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2016-09-10 15:56 -0400
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-10 13:01 -0700
                Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-10 02:39 +0000
            Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-10 03:56 +0000
              Re: What determines the fact that some youtube apps/platforms have ads and some don't? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-09 21:04 -0700

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