They shouldn't be surprised if ads are shown more often.

Yeah - it seems like this will cause a series of 5 second skippable ads that still sums up to >many seconds of unskippable ads (unless that's banned, in which case they will just see ads more often, as you say)

I expect it will make the experience worse rather than better because the publishers will try to maintain their inventory (how many seconds of ads they show per minute watched)

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Tade0 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Are advertisers just really dead set on making our lives harder? It's a minor inconvenience, but I'm amazed anyone would go to such lengths to do it.

I understand there's money involved, but surely those who offer products must see that it's increasingly counterproductive?

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oldjim798 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Then a new regulation is needed; one that caps the ratio of seconds of ads to minute watched.

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wrsh07 2 days ago | parent [-]

And what do you think the consequence of that new regulation will be?

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tcfhgj 2 days ago | parent [-]

Just ban unrequested ads altogether

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wrsh07 2 days ago | parent [-]

Do you think YouTube will continue to be available in a country that does this? Or free Spotify?

Is that good? Or bad?

	▲	tcfhgj 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Good

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zeroonetwothree 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You mean a regulation will cause unintended consequence? Color me shocked

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hoherd 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

This could turn into the online video equivalent of the Burma Shave road signs.

> Typically, six consecutive small signs would be posted along the edge of highways, spaced for sequential reading by passing motorists. The last sign was almost always the name of the product.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave#Roadside_billboard...