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[–] negativenull@startrek.website 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't YouTube literally do this with the question ads a few years ago? That's when I decided I would NEVER be nice to advertisers. They're selling my time for money, not giving me the money, and now they're rude about it. 110% fuuuuuuck them.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I usually eithe rjust let the timer run out on those or submit bad data

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same, but the mere demand for attention was enough. Now, if I see an ad, I'll make a script sit there and spend five minutes force-loading their pages to eat their bandwidth right back. They will lose money for every ad I see. Fuck them all.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just so you know, they already lost money when you clicked on the ad.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I want them to lose a tangible amount. Showing me one ad will cost them the same as showing others hundreds of thousands.