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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.

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

“You can pause here to read the full post”

“No I fucking can’t, an ad for a dubious weight loss product covers it!”

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 13 points 7 months ago

That's exactly what I was thinking as well. If I watch a more complex video about maths, programming, engineering or if a primary source is displayed for a second, then I pause the video to have a detailed look AT THE VIDEO, not to look at ads.