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Ads are not necessarily the problem. It's the way they're delivered. For one thing, if they are so damn dominant at advertising, why can't they show me a bette

Ads are not necessarily the problem. It's the way they're delivered. For one thing, if they are so damn dominant at advertising, why can't they show me a better variety of ads? Another problem is the jarring nature of ads. They are just IN YOUR FACE all of a sudden, and it's basically rude the way they're presented. Is there not a more "polite" way to go about it? You could have me watch 5 minutes of straight ads, reset every 12 hours, and I'd be OK with that. I'd even be glad to rate each ad along the way. Are they hellbent on interruptions, or do they just want the ads to be seen? I hate the interruption.

Paul-Craft 3y ago
The reason they don't do 5 minutes of straight ads every 12 hours is because you'd get people that just walk away, switch to another tab and mute Youtube for 5 minutes, or any number of other things that would end up with juiced ad statistics with no corresponding real benefit to the advertiser. Then, you'd get the response to that, which is ads you have to interact with to essentially tell the server you've seen the ad. I've seen this in mobile games already, and it's damn annoying. There's no way I'd want to spend 5 minutes doing that kind of thing.