And I feel pretty pumped about blocking them.
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?
I will guarantee you, these will be additional ads, not replacing existing ones.
Oh I'm pretty sure it's going to be something shitty.
Of course it disappears when you start playing the video again. Some video sites already have had ads like this for a few years.
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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