Privacy @lemmy.world aa1 @lemm.ee 3 wk. ago

Google is feeling pretty pumped about a new way of showing you ads on YouTube

www.androidauthority.com Google is feeling pretty pumped about a new way of showing you ads on YouTube

Google says pause ads on YouTube are getting a very positive reaction from advertisers. The company could roll them out widely soon.

Technology @lemmy.world ForgottenFlux @lemmy.world 3 wk. ago

YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads''

www.androidauthority.com /youtube-pause-ads-3437531/

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And I feel pretty pumped about blocking them.
Not a single word on user reaction.

Do we need that, though?
- i avoid youtube, so i don't really mind, but if they put more of those and less before or during the video, that would make me avoid it a bit less
  
  I unabashedly pirate with adblockers on my computer and alternative apps on mobile. My mobile app stopped working the other day. I just stopped watching youtube on mobile completely. It is not at all worth it to watch ads for even one minute, in my considered opinion.
If pause ads are static, silent, and replace midrolls, sounds like an improvement for everyone.
- Replace! Ha! Oh blargerer, you are a wit!
- Not for me, often when I pause I'm trying to see the video content paused on something.
  
  I was just following a frittata recipe and my teen came in and we had a brief discussion on how overused video already is. In particular how tough it already is to follow a recipe on YouTube. This will make it impossible.
  
  Then again, they don’t care about me since I already don’t watch YouTube, because of how intrusive the ads plus the poor quality of most content. I subscribe to a news service, but I also stopped looking at recipes there as well since they’re effective at blocking print to file and bookmarks die quickly.
hasn't Pornhub been doing this forever?
- I have a brilliant idea for YouTube: put porn ads in on your pauses and I bet those eyeballs will watch more ads than content! Everyone wins... except the children...
This article didn't explain anything. I still don't know what these ads are.

Thanks for downvoting me instead of explaining it. Very helpful 😂
- It did explain it, I thought. Pause ads:
  
  the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it
  
  Because screw you if you want to pause a video to read something
  
  Thank you. I read that part, but it doesn't explain what else happens. It doesn't really give much details. So no ads all throughout the video until it is paused? Does that add disappear when I resume the video?.... Etc. Like more context would be helpful. Unless that's the only thing they know?
They really will keep pushing this until it's 1% content, 5% sponsorshit, and the remainder ads that are injected straight into your eyeballs like Pulp Fiction. With a fire hose.

Tried showing some people some YT videos on a "smart TV", instead of my usual uBO+SponsorBlock+BlockTube on a PC. It is fucking awful. It verges on being literally unfuckingusable by being so much of a bitch it's easier to just not watch anything on it.
Fuck Google

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