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I'm not against ads in general but I'm strongly against the idea to turn Internet into TV 2.0 e.g. interuptive ad delivery channel. Text and banner ads allow th
by genman 3y ago
I'm not against ads in general but I'm strongly against the idea to turn Internet into TV 2.0 e.g. interuptive ad delivery channel. Text and banner ads allow the user to chose their level of engagement but forced video ads attempt to force the user to interrupt their normal flow without other options. I find it unacceptable.
- dylan604 3y agowe're well beyond TV 2.0. TV ads could never track you. Digital Cable knew everything about your viewing habits well before YT was invented though.
- charcircuit 3y ago>TV ads could never track you. Digital Cable knew everything about your viewing habits well before YT was invented though. Nor do the web ads themselves. Similarly to how the TV provider can tell what ads you are viewing the ad network is what can tell.
- dylan604 3y agoTV Providers (we called them broadcasters in my day) have no idea how many people are watching. They relied on the guess work from Nielsen. So I'm not really sure what you're implying they can do. It wasn't until digital cable boxes before they could start tracking your account watched what channel at what time on what box. Or at least what was being decoded on that device whether eyeballs saw it or not. In other words, you're focused on entirely the wrong thing if you're being pedantic with "nor do the web ads themselves". Thanks, as if I was confused on the subject. We're all adults here and understand the video bits are not tracking but the code used to deliver them.
- ec109685 3y agoYouTube Premium exists to remove ads.
- shilgapira 3y agoI pay for YouTube Premium, but let's not kid ourselves. Eventually we'll both pay and be made to watch ads.
- happytiger 3y agoSomebody has ridden this ride before…