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Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/tech@pawb.social
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16139296

The rampant disease of enshittification continues

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[–] 17 points 2 years ago

Yet another reason to test uninstalling Instagram!

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How much fucking money do these companies need

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    wonderful read. ive reached a point where i can do nothing but lean back, sip a drink and laugh while these companies race each other to destroy their platforms. might as well start betting on who does the next stupid decision...

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    • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    at what point will advertising become a liability? I can understand a platform's motives to ruin your experience to shove more ads in your face, but what companies are thinking it's a good thing to piss off your potential customers to the degree its happening in the non ad blocked world? why pay for something that actively tries to antagonise your customers?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    for every 9 who leave, 1 will make them at least 10x the money by watching and clicking ads. but yet they'll have to pay fewer server and bandwidth and hosting costs. more profit. line goes up. shareholders appeased, as legally mandated.

    welcome to the whale economy. 9 consumers may be alienated for the value of the 1 with poor impulse control who remains. it is happening to all goods and services, slowly.

    If they know someone will buy it anyway for some reason (more money than sense, poor impulse control, etc.) why should McDonald's sell 10 burgers at 1 dollar each when it could sell 1 burger at 10 dollars? same revenue, 10% of the labor and material costs.

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    • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    You say disrupting user browsing experience.
    We say Engagement!

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