Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube’s dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there’s an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
Meh, download the vid, then have software figure out where the ads are. It’s possible.
Hell, even just present a button for the user to hit when an ad segment starts.