And now Google’s web video monopoly is going to show ads even when you’re not watching and the video is paused.

“We estimate we can sell up to 80 percent of an individual’s visual field before inducing seizures,” said the fictional CEO (of a company that bears more than a passing resemblance to Google) in Ready Player One.

Apropos of nothing, it’s possible to block every single ad on YouTube — even the sponsorships that are baked into the videos themselves — on both desktop and mobile.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    I’ve only seen this the 7th time already in lemmy. More annoying than the ads i don’t see.