@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down110cross-posted to: piracytechnologyprivacy
arrow-up1853arrow-down1external-linkYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square225fedilinkcross-posted to: piracytechnologyprivacy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish107•2 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 linkfedilinkEnglish55•edit-22 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•2 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