I believe Google still has the right to waste 3 seconds of your time, so if they only verify that you wait for the duration of the ad, that would be a fair equi

I believe Google still has the right to waste 3 seconds of your time, so if they only verify that you wait for the duration of the ad, that would be a fair equivalent to you closing your eyes. And I guess that's the next line of defense: GPU shaders to just replace ads with something more pretty to look at.