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Interesting info. > they have detailed data on exactly how many ads you can show people before they stop watching videos Anecdote: YouTube caused me to instal
by davedx 13y ago
Interesting info.
> they have detailed data on exactly how many ads you can show people before they stop watching videos
Anecdote: YouTube caused me to install AdBlock. I'm not anti-advertising, but the amount of ads shown on YouTube videos reached a tipping point for me sometime earlier this year. I'm not ad-intolerant, but it seemed to be showing me more ads per minute than on regular TV shows. Of course that's just perception.
- option_greek 13y agoAlso, ads in middle of a video are much better than ads at the start of a video. Some times it becomes ridiculous when the ad length is 1/4th of video length (though most become skippable after 5-10 secs).
- stumacd 13y agoI'd like to think I'm in the same boat here. I understand that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the unskippable 30 second ad for a short video was the end of the line.
- Amadou 13y agoI read that line as "they have detailed data on how to maximize total ad views where losing some % of viewers is made up for by the increased number of ads watched by the remaining viewers."