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Is the point of the video to make users stay longer? How long do they need the user to stay in order to improve their ad profit. Here is an idea, obnoxious webm

Is the point of the video to make users stay longer? How long do they need the user to stay in order to improve their ad profit. Here is an idea, obnoxious webmasters: add an interstitial timer, "your article will be ready in ...". It's less intrusive and i might even tolerate that if it's less than ... 9 seconds. I m sorry that google and FB are sucking up all your revenue, i d like to help

monkeybutton 5y ago
The only reason users are staying longer is because the embedded video slows down the whole page loading, especially on mobile. News sites that have these are cancer and I actively avoid opening links to them when I'm on my phone. I can see my battery life lose whole percentage points when I open these pages. Can't see the content though; between the cookie consent toast, the video embedded in the lower right corner, the "allow us to send notifications" and "allow this site to see your location" popups.
- cblconfederate 5y ago
  It is a tragic situation. These sites obviously provide some value (or else you wouldn't be reading them) yet they cannot get paid for that value because google&FB have coopted the entire ad market for themselves. As technologists this is a problem that we should solve, not simply something to complain about
  - bryan_w 5y ago
    They could...maybe try rubbing two brain cells together in order to come up with a better, higher performing ad product. Nah, they find sticking to the 90's punch the monkey style ads and blaming FB and Google for "coopting" the market to be a better strategy.
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LegitShady 5y ago
my mom still has msn has her home page because she's always had msn as he home page. many computers later she still sets it as her homepage. She went from there to their games pages, their chatroom pages, who knows that else. So they exist. They're just not very tech savvy, and they like the way its been since thats the way its always been, even if they have to change it to make it so.
- cblconfederate 5y ago
  What homepage would you prefer her to have?
  - LegitShady 5y ago
    I recommended a blank page, or her most used site (email). But the reason news sites have autoplaying videos isn't for the power users on hackernews, its for people like my mom, who will click those links AND watch the videos.

monkeybutton 5y ago

The only reason users are staying longer is because the embedded video slows down the whole page loading, especially on mobile. News sites that have these are cancer and I actively avoid opening links to them when I'm on my phone. I can see my battery life lose whole percentage points when I open these pages. Can't see the content though; between the cookie consent toast, the video embedded in the lower right corner, the "allow us to send notifications" and "allow this site to see your location" popups.

cblconfederate 5y ago
It is a tragic situation. These sites obviously provide some value (or else you wouldn't be reading them) yet they cannot get paid for that value because google&FB have coopted the entire ad market for themselves. As technologists this is a problem that we should solve, not simply something to complain about
- bryan_w 5y ago
  They could...maybe try rubbing two brain cells together in order to come up with a better, higher performing ad product. Nah, they find sticking to the 90's punch the monkey style ads and blaming FB and Google for "coopting" the market to be a better strategy.
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LegitShady 5y ago

my mom still has msn has her home page because she's always had msn as he home page. many computers later she still sets it as her homepage. She went from there to their games pages, their chatroom pages, who knows that else. So they exist. They're just not very tech savvy, and they like the way its been since thats the way its always been, even if they have to change it to make it so.

cblconfederate 5y ago
What homepage would you prefer her to have?
- LegitShady 5y ago
  I recommended a blank page, or her most used site (email). But the reason news sites have autoplaying videos isn't for the power users on hackernews, its for people like my mom, who will click those links AND watch the videos.