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What's this going to do to content that expects or incentivizes the user to pause the video? Some youtubers put little gags that you only get when you pause th
by ARandumGuy 2y ago
What's this going to do to content that expects or incentivizes the user to pause the video?
Some youtubers put little gags that you only get when you pause the video (Jay Forman does this frequently). Others put "info blasts," where they put non-necessary info on screen for a second, so that people who are interested can read it, but others can safely ignore it (Tantacrul does this occasionally). Still others explicitly tell you to "pause the video" to solve a puzzle (Agadmator, does this so the viewer can determine the best move in a chess position).
There's likely other use cases that I haven't even thought of. Will these just have to go away due to the new pause ads? This seems like an obnoxious way to serve even more ad content, which will make the content on Youtube noticeably worse and less creative.
- jasonjayr 2y agoRemember when Youtube was a web-only thing, and videos could have embedded clickable areas, and how creative folks made awesome interactive video presentations with it? And how much interactive content was lost when Google disabled that? And didn't even try to make an effort to support it, or offer alternatives? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
- digging 2y agoPerhaps they will start uploading to Nebula as well, with a disclaimer that "this video won't work properly on Youtube" or something, but realistically Nebula is never going to get anywhere near the viewership YT gets unless something catastrophic happens to google via legislation, etc.
- allturtles 2y agoAnother case: As a boardgamer, I frequently pause videos to read rules/cards/components in board game reviews/unboxings. I'm sure there are similar use cases for all kinds of other hobbyists (e.g. movie buffs pausing a scene to study lighting/blocking/etc., musicians pausing to study fingering, etc.)
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y agoANY video about learning how to repair something or "instructions" kind of video, including all software dev tutorials out there benefit from being able to pause the video. I mean, it's 2024 and I give for granted that I'm able to watch at a still frame if I need to.
- friend_and_foe 2y agoI'm pretty sure that's the target with this: want to pause to see something that was shown quickly? Perfect, sit through this ad.
- labrador 2y agoputs on his YouTube ad executive hat "If you upgrade to YouTube premium you can download the video and pause it all you want"