And now Google’s web video monopoly is going to show ads even when you’re not watching and the video is paused.
“We estimate we can sell up to 80 percent of an individual’s visual field before inducing seizures,” said the fictional CEO (of a company that bears more than a passing resemblance to Google) in Ready Player One.
Apropos of nothing, it’s possible to block every single ad on YouTube — even the sponsorships that are baked into the videos themselves — on both desktop and mobile.
billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Anyone else get the idea that these two “responses” were vastly different?
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!”
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”
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!”
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!”