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Heads up; ads appear to be leaking into Smarttube. I just got a pop up ad (as in, an actual pop up). I'm on version 31.63.

Ad popped up in lower right hand corner while scrolling Recommended. Some kind of skin care thing.

I clicked disable - will see if that holds.

I expect this is fun and games on YTs end / will be patched out. But, if not, might be time to spin up Tube archivist.

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[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are these youtube ads or are you saying the app itself is displaying the ad? No mention of it yet on github.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The app itself! Which is why I posted; I've never seen it do that before.

I'm aware SmartTube has some issues with malicious code injection some time ago; I don't think that's what's happening here per se. Much more likely that m.youtube.com (which I believe is what SmartTube uses?) has found a way to start passing on ads.

I wish I'd grabbed a photo of it; instead, sat straight up in bed, said "What the fuck" and spooked the dog

Submitted ticket.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Much more likely that m.youtube.com (which I believe is what SmartTube uses?) has found a way to start passing on ads.

How could that happen without anyone implementing that into the app? At least it sounds like that's what you're arguing.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not sure. It's my understanding that google has been playing whackamole with m.youtube.com for a while.

They've repeatedly made changes that break or affect unofficial clients. Maybe the next trick is to find a way to bypass standard adblockers.

Could just be a tin-foil hat moment but I wouldn't put it past them.

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. I'll keep an eye out for it.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me too. Super frikken weird...but it does move my yl-dlp / Tube Archivist time-line up. It was always a matter of time; I'm surprised they've been able to play whack-a-mole for this long

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you remember which video triggered the popup?