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.

  • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    31·
    1 day ago

    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.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      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.worldOPEnglish
        22·
        10 hours ago

        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 me in a tin-foil hat moment but I wouldn’t put it past them.

        • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
          1·
          17 hours ago

          Google has been playing whackamole with all alternative frontends for a long while.

          But the result is never that ads just magically pop up in these alternative frontends, it’s that they stop working (and people quickly fix it).