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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

God, they better not be unskippable

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I doubt they are video ads. On other streaming services they are just static images with transparent backgrounds displayed on one third of the screen or borders that show up around the paused video. Pause ads aren't new and I'm guessing YouTube is following other streaming services.

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[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

PornHub has been doing this. A little popup comes on screen when you pause the video for the first time.

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