Comment on YouTube will shove ads in your face even when you pause videos

billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What they mean to say is, “Surprisingly, this didn’t annoy people nearly as much as we had assumed. Score!”

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    More like “we forced an ad while the video was paused and only 30% of viewers immediately closed the window”

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  • billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Did that pause screen ad make you want to quit using YouTube?”

    “Yes, but what alternative is there?”

    “Success!”

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    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Invidious

      Peertube

      Yt-dlp script + jellyfin

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• vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Imagine… “I just love sitting through annoying unskippable ads so much! And I simply can’t wait to see more ads still when I pause!”

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