• 7toed@midwest.social
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    9 hours ago

    2 minute ad slot who? Even if it does “let you continue”, I left my TV on to watch it not interact. YouTube does this shit where it will hand out a 30 MINUTE ad because nobody has interacted to skip after a few ads. It’s slippery slope bullshit all the way through.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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      3 hours ago

      30 minutes? I got a 24 hour ad one time, during the pandemic. It was this trippy art video thing where worms were eating the universe. Or something. I don’t know, but it was animated in a hand drawn style.

      Those were strange times

    • RaymondLuxuryYacht@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Look, ads are how they pay the bills. We wouldn’t have ads if they’d set their prices in a way that allowed them to make a profit, which is how businesses function. They are businesses, after all, not charities.

      They underpriced their services, and lost money for as long as they could, hoping they’d somehow “win” the Steaming Wars. I absolutely detest having commercials on something I already pay for, but it’s how it’s going to be because they lost money for so long.

      So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That’s the part of the whole equation that would be too much.

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        5 hours ago

        So a commercial is one thing, but a commercial that quizzes me to see if I paid attention is a completely different entity altogether. That’s the part of the whole equation that would be too much.

        Drink verification can to continue.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        6 hours ago

        You’re right, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good system. Charging for their services would be much less nonsensical in the end.