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They're going to randomize all vars and function names, mark my words.
Yup. Ad blockers work on pattern matching rules. Countering them might take some work but it's not impossible - make the URLs that do the bad shit indistinguishable from the ones that make the video works and likewise html elements. Randomise everything, make the paths to things unpredictable. I'm sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable.
"I'm sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable."
Who is going to tell him?
aren't they already? It's been some time since I worked in video. but I remember HLS manifest had ad insertion built-in.