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Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

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Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
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    We’ll make some plugin that downloads the ad and tells Google it was “totally watched and stuff”.

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      “Say the product name into the mic to continue viewing the video”

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        Hah, that’ll be fun on my desktop… I don’t even have a microphone.

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        Oh God!

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          You might be thinking it’s a joke but it’s real

          https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-patent-would-have-you-yell-at-your-tv-to-skip-commercials

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