▲ 72 ▼ YouTube confirms 3-strike policy for blocking ads (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 3 years ago by StandardIssueCalzone@lemmy.one to c/technology@beehaw.org 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments Whelp, here we go again
[–] liminis@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago (3 children) Another executive-driven decision by people who clearly don't use their own product (kinda impressive really when it's YT). I can't help wonder if they saw an uptick in adblocking as a result of their absurd increases in ad-time recently and somehow thought this was a reasonable solution. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 8-10 unskippable ads before a video? Holy shit. That's ludicrous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] liminis@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) It really is hard to fathom how that got through any internal discussion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StewieTheThird@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Its not that hard to fathom when you have worked with these types of people. All it was was a numbers meeting, no User Experience folks in the room. They said how much revenue they would increase quarter over quarter, and how much engagement it would drive. Everyone claps, the meeting ends they move forward with the next terrible design decision. Companies no longer take focus group testing seriously for anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Focus groups and qualitative data are so last season. It's all Business "Intelligence" -driven bullshit nominally based on poorly defined and even more poorly understood metrics (excuse me, "KPIs") permalink fedilink source parent [–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I rarely use YouTube, but my nephew (he's two) was over the other day and we put on some cartoons for him that were in YouTube since my wife and I don't have Disney plus. I couldn't BELIEVE how many ads it showed. One five-minute merry melodies cartoon had FOUR SEPARATE ad breaks, the third and fourth of which were both 3+ minutes long if you weren't paying attention to skip. Wtf?! Not even shit ass normal broadcast television has that many commercials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] liminis@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Feels like every year corporations rely on the naivety of youth in an attempt to push more and more egregious shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Exactly right they're normalizing ads in everything. They're indoctrinating the youth, who don't know any better or differently, into just accepting/expecting that all content in all forms comes with ads, and you can't watch any of it without signing in so they can track you and sell your data. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ozoned@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Executives don't have to watch ads! They're rich! I wouldn't be surprised if they all had YT Premium or whatever it is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 8-10 unskippable ads before a video? Holy shit. That's ludicrous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] liminis@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) It really is hard to fathom how that got through any internal discussion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StewieTheThird@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Its not that hard to fathom when you have worked with these types of people. All it was was a numbers meeting, no User Experience folks in the room. They said how much revenue they would increase quarter over quarter, and how much engagement it would drive. Everyone claps, the meeting ends they move forward with the next terrible design decision. Companies no longer take focus group testing seriously for anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Focus groups and qualitative data are so last season. It's all Business "Intelligence" -driven bullshit nominally based on poorly defined and even more poorly understood metrics (excuse me, "KPIs") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] liminis@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) It really is hard to fathom how that got through any internal discussion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StewieTheThird@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Its not that hard to fathom when you have worked with these types of people. All it was was a numbers meeting, no User Experience folks in the room. They said how much revenue they would increase quarter over quarter, and how much engagement it would drive. Everyone claps, the meeting ends they move forward with the next terrible design decision. Companies no longer take focus group testing seriously for anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Focus groups and qualitative data are so last season. It's all Business "Intelligence" -driven bullshit nominally based on poorly defined and even more poorly understood metrics (excuse me, "KPIs") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StewieTheThird@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Its not that hard to fathom when you have worked with these types of people. All it was was a numbers meeting, no User Experience folks in the room. They said how much revenue they would increase quarter over quarter, and how much engagement it would drive. Everyone claps, the meeting ends they move forward with the next terrible design decision. Companies no longer take focus group testing seriously for anything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Focus groups and qualitative data are so last season. It's all Business "Intelligence" -driven bullshit nominally based on poorly defined and even more poorly understood metrics (excuse me, "KPIs") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Focus groups and qualitative data are so last season. It's all Business "Intelligence" -driven bullshit nominally based on poorly defined and even more poorly understood metrics (excuse me, "KPIs") permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I rarely use YouTube, but my nephew (he's two) was over the other day and we put on some cartoons for him that were in YouTube since my wife and I don't have Disney plus. I couldn't BELIEVE how many ads it showed. One five-minute merry melodies cartoon had FOUR SEPARATE ad breaks, the third and fourth of which were both 3+ minutes long if you weren't paying attention to skip. Wtf?! Not even shit ass normal broadcast television has that many commercials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] liminis@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Feels like every year corporations rely on the naivety of youth in an attempt to push more and more egregious shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Exactly right they're normalizing ads in everything. They're indoctrinating the youth, who don't know any better or differently, into just accepting/expecting that all content in all forms comes with ads, and you can't watch any of it without signing in so they can track you and sell your data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] liminis@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Feels like every year corporations rely on the naivety of youth in an attempt to push more and more egregious shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Exactly right they're normalizing ads in everything. They're indoctrinating the youth, who don't know any better or differently, into just accepting/expecting that all content in all forms comes with ads, and you can't watch any of it without signing in so they can track you and sell your data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Exactly right they're normalizing ads in everything. They're indoctrinating the youth, who don't know any better or differently, into just accepting/expecting that all content in all forms comes with ads, and you can't watch any of it without signing in so they can track you and sell your data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ozoned@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago Executives don't have to watch ads! They're rich! I wouldn't be surprised if they all had YT Premium or whatever it is. permalink fedilink source parent