@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 6 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1864arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish107•6 months agoWhat if you paused so you could see something? You’re not allowed to read that text in the background because ads
minus-squareJeffool linkEnglish55•edit-26 months 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoThey’ll likely do what other platforms have done and let you X out the ad til you unpause
What if you paused so you could see something? You’re not allowed to read that text in the background because ads
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.
They’ll likely do what other platforms have done and let you X out the ad til you unpause