YouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experiment
YouTube has been testing a new way to show you ads that appear when you pause your video, and it feels pretty confident about them.
adam_y, 
I mean if it was instead of ads that inyerupt the actual video I’m all for it.
I suspect it will be as well as the other ads.
Read somewhere today that all these disruptive technologies basically undercut the conventional competition and then slowly become them.
We are full circle back to cable now. A hundred different platforms all trying to gouge you for every penny you can spare.
Next up google gets good traction tattooing brand names on the inside of your eyelids. Or advertising to you whilst you sleep, or go to the toilet.
Still, infinitely prefer that to paying a subscription to a service and still having to endure adverts.
Gamoc, If I pause a video, literally the only thing that is absolutely one hundred percent certain is that I’m not looking at the video. What a stupid idea.
mipadaitu, Unless I’m following a tutorial, and pausing to look at the details. On a phone you can pause and pinch-zoom to get a better view.
Would be super annoying if an ad popped up right then.
paraphrand, “You can pause here to read the full post”
“No I fucking can’t, an ad for a dubious weight loss product covers it!”
DestroyMegacorps, On completely unrelated news the use of adblocks and modded youtube clients have increased by 50%
HootinNHollerin, I’ll delete my account
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