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

IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• r00ty@kbin.life ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The only thing stopping them doing this right now, is that they know it would get regulatory pushback. It has a real chance of causing laws to be made about when and how advertising is appropriate, and those laws might stop some of the things they're doing now. So they sit as close to that line as they can without crossing it so they can keep self-regulation.

  The moment they believe world governments wouldn't stop them doing it, is the moment they'll do it.

  And in terms of benefit for the advertisers and service providers, it's a no-brainer. Advertisers know that a large percentage of people tune out, or even leave the room when an advert is on. I think it's part of the reason they kept them so short on youtube, because if they showed you that there's 1:30 ad break you might go to the toilet, get a drink, or anything else that takes you away from the ad. If they show you 15seconds, well you'll probably just sit that one out.

  An advert they know people are actually watching is worth a LOT more to advertisers.

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On my Galaxy S24+, I have this option:

    Keep screen on while viewing Keep the screen on while you’re looking at it, using the front camera to detect your face.

    Creepy. I wonder if Samsung can do this if this option is on…

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    • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, the tech exists already on phones. Not sure how they'd enforce it on pc.

      "Sorry, YouTube is not available to systems without a functioning camera."? Perhaps with a link to premium :p

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      • dsilverz@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sorry, YouTube is not available to systems without a functioning camera

        Actually, a fixed camera (on a laptop, for example). Because any webcam connected by cable can be moved, which means the algorithm cannot detect whether you are actually looking at the screen.

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    • iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The second Apple rolled out face ID, I knew this tech was ready and waiting for forced ads

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• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Genuinely one of the all time best Black Mirror episodes

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So many good episodes. This episodes, “Fifteen Million Merits” stands out. It’s really good.

    My favorite is “Shut Up and Dance”.

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re not doing that scene justice. It blares a loud siren and bright lights until you open your eyes again.

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  • dsilverz@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    blares a loud siren

    IIRC, it was a high-pitched sound, like a screeching cicada.

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s true.

    I glossed over the worst parts.

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• dsilverz@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  a Black Mirror episode where if you close your eyes, the ad stops playing

  And a deafening high-pitched sound started to play, until the character opened his eyes to resume viewing the ads.

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• ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m sorry to tell you that you’re not even the first one thinking of this. I’ll have to look for the source but a company was trying to do this on phones. Basically they’d track your eyes with the phone camera to stop the ad when you’re not looking at your screen.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How the fuck did they get access to the camera?

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      New Google PayForAccess™

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