Imagine if they pulled that on the idle timeout pause screen too…
Comment on YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 1 day ago
Soon: when you pause a video, it starts playing a video ad with audio, to make sure no silence time gets wasted from your speakers.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 1 day ago
That’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.
murmelade@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
But now you have to watch and listen to the whole thing before you can resume the original video that was an ad to begin with.
EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.