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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads! (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] remon@ani.social 22 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Yeah, but that's not how most people use Smart TVs. Also, they're still coming for you, next up they'll try to insert ads via HDMI. and good luck finding a Smart TV with display port.

[–] pfr@piefed.social 1 points 8 minutes ago

That's awful

[–] besmtt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Displayport via USB-C could start gaining momentum.

[–] Cryxtalix@programming.dev 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

It's a possibility with chromebooks because of the google ad network, but I can't see why consoles, linux, mac, even windows tbh, has any incentive to support this. At best, they might make it an option, but there's nothing in it for them. It actively makes their content look worse, while an ad supported OS like windows already has capability to place ads anyway.

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

$$$

Consoles are a shrinking market. If they were offered money by TV manufacturers to cooperate with putting more ads on it, they most certainly will.

And I suspect Microsoft/Windows will too. Apple might not, though.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah. Apple is plenty evil but not having ads is, generally, part of their “premium feel.” There are exceptions to this, unfortunately, especially recently.

But I definitely don’t regret doing a factory reset on my LG TV and hooking up an Apple TV.

[–] ji59@hilariouschaos.com 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ads via HDMI shouldn't work if the TV doesn't have internet connection, by my understanding. So I do not see any problems there.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

oh don't worry, they'll start participating in mesh networks with your neighbors' smart devices and getting internet access that way