YouTube has been testing a new way to show you ads that appear when you pause your video, and it feels pretty confident about them.

  • paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    “You can pause here to read the full post”

    “No I fucking can’t, an ad for a dubious weight loss product covers it!”

    • rbn@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      That’s exactly what I was thinking as well. If I watch a more complex video about maths, programming, engineering or if a primary source is displayed for a second, then I pause the video to have a detailed look AT THE VIDEO, not to look at ads.