I am trying to avoid Youtube Pre-Rolls while integrating Youtube Android SDK. Is there any way to avoid it?
I understand that there is a clause that:
"does not encourage or create functionality for Your users or other third parties to: modify, replace, interfere with or block advertisements placed by YouTube in the YouTube Data, YouTube audiovisual content, or the YouTube player;"
https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms
However, after looking some application recommended from the below site and for example 5by. I does not see them playing any Ads before any Youtube video.
http://apiblog.youtube.com/2012/12/no-webview-required-with-native-youtube.html
It would be great, if anyone have idea to bypass this Youtube Ad which comes before the targeted vide.
Finally, in any case (even if it is a piracy concern), I would like to understand, how applications like 5by would be able to by-pass ads that plays before the targeted video.
A complete way to avoid Youtube Ads(Pre-Roll/Banners) is to implement a WebView based solution. Youtube has not integrated Ads in WebView probably applications like 5By is doing the same thing.