People with ADHD will never make it through an ad.
This comment hit me like a gut punch of dread.
And now I’ll think about it for years.
*Ad 1 of 3.
“Let’s work together and put an end to attention theft.”
The term “attention theft” is some dystopian shit, and just probable enough to make me vomit in my mouth.
Attention theft is an existing term, though it’s used to describe bad practices by marketers. I suppose it’s bad that the term has had to come into existence, but it is good that it exists as a way to talk about bad practices more easily.
(not) fun fact: In game design there exists analogical term for “making player addicted” called “dark patterns”. Mostly used by live service and mobile games
There are no victimless crimes
Privately peeing on a grave.
piracy
not a crime
What about baby eating ? I’m saving the planet kilotons of co2 emissions each one I gulp down. I should get a medal.
Some insurance group put up a billboard on the route I use to go to work telling us how we all suffer from insurance fraud.
Each and every time I went past it I would try to imagine how much I would have to hate a person in order to side with the enemy against them. No saint and I never pretended to be one but I still wouldn’t do that.
I remember a time before YouTube…it sounds like I will be living that time again
Oh youtube was great. It went downhill super fast when people made money on youtube.
That’s why I watch YouTube with NewPipe on my phone and Firefox + uBlock origin on my laptop.
Btw NewPipe recently got an update that fixed all bugs I’ve ever noticed
Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning NewPipe, I’d never heard of it and I’ve been dying for an app like that.
Appreciate ya 💜
Tubular is a fork of Newpipe that adds sponsorblock which is really nice.
Tubular is my absolute YT client. Love it.
Yup. What YouTube doesn’t understand is that we’ve got ** other stuff to do.** I’ve got books to read, games to play, music to listen to. None of which requires YouTube.
I’ve found myself repatronizing half priced books lately. I’ve gone through five books since mid May.
I was a voracious reader before mobile devices existed.
I’d forgotten just how much more satisfying it is to let yourself go in a good story rather than bicker about minutiae with countless strangers all day every day.
(Sidenote: I’ve been looking up reviews for the books I’ve read and am surprised to find indignation at sexual scenes in novels. Like, if you’ve ever read a John Irving novel in your life, and you’re surprised and offended that the next one has sex in it, you should maybe reconsider your chosen career path)
surprised to find indignation at sexual scenes in novels
To quote Ryan Letourneau, “Gen Z is Puritanpilled.” Seriously, I’ve found post-millennial generations to be extremely prudish. I think part of it has to do with the fact that as the internet evolved and became mainstream (and more profitable by catering to general audiences), the edgy or adult content became more ghetoized and quarantined over time. Used to be you’d go to reddit and there’d be porn on the front page. There’s like a 0% change of finding something NSFW on the front page there now. As such, younger people who grew up with the modern incarnation of the internet have a very different perspective on sexual content than those of us who grew up with a more “wild west” style internet where porn was just something that lived alongside the more mundane content. The side-effect of this is also that content like the John Irving novels you’re talking about are treated as if they’re grotesque for presenting sex as just another part of people’s lives - something that you’re not supposed to be shy about or ashamed of. Which is, uh…concerning, for a number of reasons. Other theories are that the world in which we live has eroded platonic relationships among young people and that they want to only see platonic friendships among characters, as that’s the vicarious experience they most desire.
Mouse utopia is here.
Why not give credit to the artist?
Soren Iverson https://www.instagram.com/soren.iverson?igsh=eGd3d3N5dzc0ZDYy
I found this on Twitter and didn’t know who made it, but thanks! They’re credited now :)
They may have had it past on through a billion people before they posted it here… Is the most likely answer.
Thanks for sourcing it though!
Maybe, Soren only posted it for the first time 13 hours ago tho…
Credit where it’s due indeed. This also reminds me of Black Mirror, I think it was season 1 with the talent show auditions.
15 Million Merits
“There will now be a short questionnaire on the ad you watched to see if you actually listened to it. If you get below 90%, we will show two minutes of ads.”
A Russian video hosting Rutube (which was totally dead until the govt decided to detract Russians from using YouTube, which made the platform semi-dead) actually tried to do that, having a quiz after each ad break, asking questions such as “what TV channel has been advertised in this ad?” and repeating the ad video if answered wrong
Don’t give them even more ideas…
Accelrate to the end for something better after the fall ?
“Why are you leaving? Fill out this survey and let us know what you didn’t like. Please enter your email. Before you go, 50% of YouTube Plus Ultimate!”
How to make me lose interest in whatever I was about to watch 101
I can’t be arsed to modify a gravestone with youtube logo on it, but that’s what it would look like to me if they pulled that off.
Just bye, good luck.
I’m already surprised how people fell into the short content trap/addiction loop. That in itself was a eye opener for me to take a step back.
uBlock Origin has spoiled me by allowing me to erase the shorts listings. So I don’t even know how bad it is for shorts.
Unrelated, but seeing “2025,” my first thought was “haha that’s so far in the future”. Jesus, for something that’s six months away, that’s a futuristic ass sounding date
In the year 2025
if man is still alive
if woman can survive…Great movie.
This will be the death of YouTube for me. I pay for YouTube premium so this day may never come for me.
That didn’t keep Amazon from adding ads to the paid version of Prime and making a higher paid tier. How much easier is it for Google to implement the same?
And when that happened I stoped watching prime and just put on my eye patch & tricorn 🏴☠️…
Though I’m still paying for the content I just watch it differently than intended 🤷♂️
Seeks like a bunch of us chose to do the same. These companies actually believe there is no end to what they think they’re entitled .
How much easier is it for Google to implement the same?
The correct question is actually “when will Google implement the same?” Because this is a “when will it happen” question, not a “will it happen” question.
I stand corrected.
I pay for YouTube premium
Not as bad as paying for Twitter, but close.
The biggest reason I pay for it is supposedly creators I watch get paid significantly more than someone who sits through ads without skipping. I also don’t really watch regular TV.
supposedly creators I watch get paid
I mean, that’s why I’m on Patreon. But fuck YouTube.
Yeah, I know it’s not an excuse but I’m lazy and this guarantees even the individuals I watch irregularly gets their share. I’ve heard it even pays out if it’s demonetized (don’t take my word on that one though.)
I know it’s not an excuse
Your heart is in the right place. YouTube’s just isn’t.
Seems like what we’re moving towards
I just won’t be using whatever that is. I’m finding more and more that I don’t need shit on the Internet.
People still running content blockers and piping video links in 2025: “You guys are still watching ads?”
Black Mirrorverse
not real in 2025. 2040? not so sure
We have the technology for this today. Enabling gaze tracking is why you cannot find a budget phone without a front facing camera. I suspect our phone’s OS occasionnally do gaze tracking without telling us already.
no this is the time it will take to slowly ease people into this mentality, but I may be overestimating people
you are definitely overestimating people.
They won’t do this. They can’t even force you to watch every ad. Reloading the video after the first ad plays will skip the rest of the ads.
This will be me using YouTube in 2025.
I use it via browser. Just delete/disable it. Works great.
