@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 17 hours agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down17
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minus-square18-24-61-B-17-17-4linkEnglish57•16 hours agoAnd your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!
minus-squareMax-PlinkfedilinkEnglish23•15 hours agoThat’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-28 hours agoBut now you have to watch and listen to the whole thing before you can resume the original video which was an ad to begin with.
minus-square@EmpatheticTeddyBearlinkEnglish6•14 hours agoThere is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.
And your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!
That’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.
But now you have to watch and listen to the whole thing before you can resume the original video which was an ad to begin with.
There is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.