YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it.
“In Q1, we saw strong traction from the introduction of a pause ads pilot on connected TVs, a new non-interruptive ad format that appears when users pause their organic content,” Schindler noted. He went on to share that YouTube’s pause ads are “driving strong brand lift results” and “are commanding premium pricing from advertisers.”
Schindler didn’t share any timelines for when pause ads will start appearing on YouTube, but we know they’ll first roll out on smart TVs. The nature of these ads, including their duration, skippability, and more is still unclear. We also don’t know if Google plans to introduce these ads on YouTube’s mobile apps.
FFS. /picardfacepalm
Edit: Based on the downvotes, I guess we’re all supposed to like having commercials whenever we hit the pause button.
It appears this person signs off all of their comments with a creative commons license for fair use, presumably saying how you’re allowed to use their comment. Which I’m relatively sure has exactly the same legal power as a boomer posting a Facebook picture saying that they don’t consent to having their data collected
It appears this person signs off all of their comments with a creative commons license for fair use
I didn’t used to, but got tired of people making money training their AI models off of my comments. And it’s a momentary copy and paste, easy to do.
Also, considering the types of replies I’m getting these days, and the entertainment I’m obtaining from people’s reactions to them, I find it good to just include them in every comment going forward. It weirdly triggers people for some reason.
Which I’m relatively sure has exactly the same legal power as a boomer posting a Facebook picture saying that they don’t consent to having their data collected
Well, when you get your law degree, come on back and let us all know what the final word from you is on this subject.
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Well, let me break this down for you, one part at a time…
FFS.
FFS
(Click on above link for explanation.)
/picardfacepalm
I’m facepalming the fact that YouTube wants to stick ads in when you do a pause on a video, the same way that Captain Picard from Star Trek the Next Generation does. It’s an older but still relevant meme.
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
I’m apparently annoying some individuals for some strange reason who get triggered and can’t handle having a link in someone’s comment that points to an open source license.
can’t handle having a link in someone’s comment that points to an open source license.
It’s a waste of screen real estate that does nothing. Your “rights” automatically conflict with the rights of the platform you’re posting to, and all the other ones that you federate with. Unfortunately there’s no standing for your link to do anything. All your doing is advertising a webpage for no reason. Further, you cannot enter someone into an agreement with your licensing terms without positive consent/agreement, which you’re not obtaining nor could ever reasonably obtain on a federated platform where your content is automatically distributed to the entire fediverse.
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But usually I’m pausing a video to try to read text that appeared too briefly in the video!
Wait you watch the video? I thought everyone just went there for the ads and emailed YouTube executives to please keep adding more
Same, I had to ad-block some custom elements on YouTube ages ago because they kept covering the screen with “related videos” whenever I paused to read something.
I’ve had this for about a week or 2. Super annoying because you can’t continue the video by pressing the play/pause button, need to “Ok” the video window. Come on Google, you just bricked a button on your OWN OS. Awful.
What OS are you on?
What Browser are you using?
Are you using any ad blockers?
They’re running Android (Google) TV
No browser, likely app based (hence the TV)
You could theoretically run a PiHole, but I don’t believe that works too well on YouTube anymore. Especially considering the tight integration Google utilizes for their ad services with their non-paid services.
Google TV can run the vastly superior Smarttube app, no ads, double the framerate, much better experience.
YouTube. Google. Alphabet.
“driving strong brand lift results”
FUCK. YOU.
Out of all the advertising they could do, at least this is somewhat unobtrusive. If they had this instead of preroll ads, I’d actually be okay with it.
I pause videos for 1 reason and 1 reason only and that’s to speak to people IRL or online, because I can’t concentrate on a conversation when there’s background noise.
This is just another entry for the list of reason it’s 1001% valid to use adblockers.
I pause videos for 1 reason and 1 reason only and that’s to speak to people IRL or online
Urination did not meet the bar.
