@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1860
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minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish7•10 months agothat’s right: into their UI; with free software, you could use a different UI with no ads
minus-square@raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 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-square@pathief@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 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.