misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down15
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minus-square18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down2·3 months agoAnd your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!
minus-squareMax-P@lemmy.max-p.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoThat’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.
minus-squaremurmelade@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoBut now you have to watch and listen to the whole thing before you can resume the original video which was an ad to begin with.
minus-squareEmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoThere is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.
And your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!
That’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.
But now you have to watch and listen to the whole thing before you can resume the original video which was an ad to begin with.
There is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.