Hey black mirror had this where they had to watch an ad and looking away was illegal. We're getting there with Google and their recent and announced YouTube and Chrome changes.

Jokes on them. I can be looking straight at something and still not be paying attention.

You know you’ve really made it as a meme when u/the_picard_maneuver posts you on lemmy. Love you bud hope you’re doing well x

Watching the ad instead of clicking it constitutes a violation of YouTube terms of service.

Please drink verification can

You wouldn't steal a car, would you?

Except that second button won't be there. There's something weird going on in our economy where the customers can't actually afford the products but somehow their attention/data is still valuable. I don't get it

And here I am, completely ignoring YT and reading blogs, instead.

What a fun joke!

So fun!

Wait until they require a quiz be taken to prove you watched the video. They could also stitch together the video with the ads, so it's all a single video. They can make fast-forwarding videos impossible (to stop the sponsorblock stuff). Begun the Ad Wars have.

This reminds me of the very real patent that exists for a television that requires you to stand up from your couch, raise your hands in the air, and shout the name of the product you just watched an ad for before it lets you return to watching your program.

Piped 💪

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I just found this and I've been loving it, works really well.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/

I'm really happy to see point #2 being mentioned. From their inception, Youtube established a social contract of providing their videos free to users without ads. I don't think Google should just be allowed to unilaterally change the contract on behalf of all parties and force it on everyone. If they had a good reason to do so, perhaps I would humor it, but "because of shithead shareholders" does not pass that bar.

Drink verification can?

Excuse me, bitch, but how the fuck you know I went to piss? That's a violation of my privacy.

I keep telling you YouTube I have a cloaca and I'm not sure what to call it when I go

No problem. Just use a proper ad blocker, and there will be no ads that you could use to go to the loo.

Just wait til it uses the camera on your phone to track your eyes and will pause every time you look away.

In less than ten years this will be a "nottheonion" headline...

If technology exists they will 100% implement that ads will keep repeating unless there are people in the room. The active listening devices already record every data they can and it’s only a matter of time before they can accurately conclude if the room is empty or occupied.

Honestly , can't wait for the future where companies like them are allowed to make adless entertainment illegal. It's going to be the absolute best future we could ever ask for. We should be thankful to our overlords for saving us from never having to see ads ever again. /s