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If you are in the USA, I think it is illegal to play ads at a louder volume then the surrounding content. You can file an FCC complaint if you see that.

duskwuff 5y ago
As far as I'm aware, that only applies to broadcast radio and over-the-air TV, not all media.
- runarberg 5y ago
  I’m not a lawyer but it looks like the law might apply to chromecast as well: > as such recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor. [emphasis mine] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ311/html/PLAW-111publ311.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ311/html/PLA... I think it would be worth it to file a complaint. Or if anybody here on HN has done so already, I would be interested in hearing the response. EDIT: Looking at the code (which I’m woefully under-qualified at) I see this: > (13) the term “multichannel video programming distributor” means a person such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, or a television receive-only satellite program distributor, who makes available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video programming; https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/522 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/522 I don’t see how a chromecasting a youtube playlist (human curated or autogenerated) over GoogleTV, does not apply to this definition.
alias_neo 5y ago
I'm in the UK, but hopefully that information is useful to someone in the US. Thanks!
aerostable_slug 5y ago
The way around this is to use an audio compressor and push the average volume up without exceeding the content's max volume. Then the ad sounds like someone shouting in the content without violating the policy. A related dark pattern is the purposeful muffling of hearing aid advertisements. They also generally play different audio than what the models are "saying" in order to further confuse their target market and convince them they are more hard of hearing than they really are.

duskwuff 5y ago

As far as I'm aware, that only applies to broadcast radio and over-the-air TV, not all media.

runarberg 5y ago
I’m not a lawyer but it looks like the law might apply to chromecast as well: > as such recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor. [emphasis mine] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ311/html/PLAW-111publ311.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ311/html/PLA... I think it would be worth it to file a complaint. Or if anybody here on HN has done so already, I would be interested in hearing the response. EDIT: Looking at the code (which I’m woefully under-qualified at) I see this: > (13) the term “multichannel video programming distributor” means a person such as, but not limited to, a cable operator, a multichannel multipoint distribution service, a direct broadcast satellite service, or a television receive-only satellite program distributor, who makes available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels of video programming; https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/522 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/522 I don’t see how a chromecasting a youtube playlist (human curated or autogenerated) over GoogleTV, does not apply to this definition.

alias_neo 5y ago

I'm in the UK, but hopefully that information is useful to someone in the US. Thanks!

aerostable_slug 5y ago

The way around this is to use an audio compressor and push the average volume up without exceeding the content's max volume. Then the ad sounds like someone shouting in the content without violating the policy. A related dark pattern is the purposeful muffling of hearing aid advertisements. They also generally play different audio than what the models are "saying" in order to further confuse their target market and convince them they are more hard of hearing than they really are.