YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Post by MBCook » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 1:21 AM UTC

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
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Post by add-sub-mul-div » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 1:46 AM UTC

So the net result of taking media away from legacy industries and handing it over to tech is (1) unskippable ads, (2) surveillance, (3) censorship and revocation of media you don't physically own, and now (4) unpausable media.

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Post by pxx » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 2:02 AM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #2

So the net result of taking media away from legacy industries and handing it over to tech is (1) unskippable ads, (2) surveillance, (3) censorship and revocation of media you don't physically own, and now (4) unpausable media.

this isn't Hades II. the media still pauses.

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Post by kristianp » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 2:08 AM UTC

This can be annoying if you want to pause the video to look closely at something.

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Post by magnetowasright » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 2:52 AM UTC

kristianp wrote: post #4

This can be annoying if you want to pause the video to look closely at something.

On the very rare occasion I use youtube, the stuff that already pops up on the bottom of the video on pause (video recs?) was already annoying. If they're keeping that and adding ads as well, a paused video is going to look like early '00s web to me lol

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Post by browningstreet » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 2:57 AM UTC

I pay for YouTube Premium and saw a full browser screen ad for adding the MAX channel. I wasn’t sure if I clicked on something or if this is a new thing they’re doing. I’ll be pretty unhappy if the latter.

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Post by DoktorDelta » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 3:29 AM UTC

browningstreet wrote: post #6

I pay for YouTube Premium and saw a full browser screen ad for adding the MAX channel. I wasn’t sure if I clicked on something or if this is a new thing they’re doing. I’ll be pretty unhappy if the latter.

I swapped to Revanced on mobile and a combo of UBO + sponsorblock on desktop after the most recent price increase. Definitely not regretting it after hearing this.

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Post by kjkjadksj » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 3:36 AM UTC

pxx wrote: post #3

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #2

So the net result of taking media away from legacy industries and handing it over to tech is (1) unskippable ads, (2) surveillance, (3) censorship and revocation of media you don't physically own, and now (4) unpausable media.

this isn't Hades II. the media still pauses.

On mainline youtube, for now at least. Just look at how unusable youtube shorts are. Want to rewind? Too bad for you.

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Post by wodenokoto » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 3:37 AM UTC

kristianp wrote: post #4

This can be annoying if you want to pause the video to look closely at something.

Yeah and lots of videos expects you to pause and read some texts.

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Post by toastercat » Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 4:56 AM UTC

DoktorDelta wrote: post #7

browningstreet wrote: post #6

I pay for YouTube Premium and saw a full browser screen ad for adding the MAX channel. I wasn’t sure if I clicked on something or if this is a new thing they’re doing. I’ll be pretty unhappy if the latter.

I swapped to Revanced on mobile and a combo of UBO + sponsorblock on desktop after the most recent price increase. Definitely not regretting it after hearing this.

So, instead of canceling you subscription and using a competing service, you instead choose to... steal? Classy.