misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square215fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agothat’s right: into their UI; with free software, you could use a different UI with no ads
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agowhich is basically what we do using ublock origin - and then they inject ads directly into the video stream, and a custom UI wouldn’t help.
minus-squarepathief@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSerious question: how can YouTube pay the bills with zero ads? I’m not talking about making a profit, just breaking even.
that’s right: into their UI; with free software, you could use a different UI with no ads
which is basically what we do using ublock origin - and then they inject ads directly into the video stream, and a custom UI wouldn’t help.
Serious question: how can YouTube pay the bills with zero ads? I’m not talking about making a profit, just breaking even.