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Why don't we let bots interact with ads? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/general

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Take YouTube for example: Suppose an adblocker redirects all the ads on a video on a different tab on a browser and plays them on mute in background, what's wrong with that?

Maybe it can also interact with it and close the screen that pops up, automatically.

I have never bought anything ads show. I hate the product in the ad more if it interrupts what I am watching.

If our AIs can watch videos and form summary on it, why can't we develop a bot just to watch ads?

If you wanna get even more flexible, I am sure an ad contains what it is about in some text. You tell your adblocker what you are interested in, and it will pass the filtered ads to you!

YouTube and other companies are getting aggressive because less number of ads are being interacted with, and we get more agressive in stopping more ads. Maybe we can let our adblocker know that "I am fine with watching 1 ad per video", so both sides compromise a little while still being in control.

Edit: I am made aware that https://adnauseam.io/ can do this. Thanks.

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[–] GregorGizeh 5 points 1 year ago

But I am not fine with ads. Ever since I installed the first adblocker many years ago I have made it my personal mission to never see any ads during my daily browsing habits, and that is my right. I don’t owe corporations time of my life to watch some crappy product I will not buy on principle anyway now. If their company is not sustainable without showing me loads and loads of bullshit their company should go bankrupt. If the fediverse has taught me anything it is that no tech giant offers anything of substantial value, if they all went bankrupt tomorrow the world moves on and we spin up a replacement service.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But I'm not fine watching 1 ad per video. And no, I'm also not fine paying for a bunch of fragmented streaming services and a bunch of other subscriptioms on top of that.

Give me just one streaming platform with a reasonable price and with everything on it and I'll pay again. Would be nice if it was YouTube. That'll never happen. So: AdBlocker, as long as that works. And sail the high seas for other content.

[–] Mr_Blott 3 points 1 year ago

Just a little reminder that one of the major reasons Reddit got so bad, was the influx of new users thinking the downvote button was a 'disagree button' This is a genuine question and shouldn't be downvoted into oblivion, it should be upvoted so that people can see that it's wrong

[–] pewspewdew 1 points 1 year ago

Even ignoring the fact that adds are annoying, they exist to sell you things. If a bot watches an add and never buys anything then the value of a view/interaction goes down. No one benefits from having bots watch adds it's just a waste of power.

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