misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareNotationalSymmetry@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoWhat if you paused so you could see something? You’re not allowed to read that text in the background because ads
minus-squarephilodendron@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours agoThey’ll likely do what other platforms have done and let you X out the ad til you unpause
minus-squareJeffool @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 hours agoGreat point. I already find this to be a problem with the recommendations that pop up when paused, and the end-video elements they throw over everything despite having that turned off everywhere I can find it. It’s all so dumb. Just so damn dumb.
What if you paused so you could see something? You’re not allowed to read that text in the background because ads
They’ll likely do what other platforms have done and let you X out the ad til you unpause
Great point. I already find this to be a problem with the recommendations that pop up when paused, and the end-video elements they throw over everything despite having that turned off everywhere I can find it. It’s all so dumb. Just so damn dumb.