Kind of reminds me of what Michael Pachter once said about ads in one of his videos.
Eventually we will reach a point where videos will simply not play until a set amount of seconds will elapse and adblockers will result in users simply stare at a blackscreen for set amount of seconds.
This is what they do in China and adblockers don't really work, I broke part of my network because a new update on their ad serving refused an android TV refused to acknowledge being connected to the internet for the handshake.
Yeah, I'd rather have 90 seconds of silence than be blasted by ads for any amount of time. I generally tolerate in-video ad reads (though if I'm actively watching, I'll skip past them) but I have zero patience for any other kind.
I'm just gonna go back to reading books. I already watch videos at 2x+ speed with cc on just to skip the drivel, and books are just better at conveying info, they don't require power or web, and I can keep them forever without them getting suddenly edited and can even lend them to friends.
The good content creators even make their ad reads entertaining. Count Dankula and Internet Historian have convinced me to check out several products on account of being funny about the ad reads (or, rather, the sponsors allowing them to be funny about the ad reads made me willing to check out their products).
Kind of reminds me of what Michael Pachter once said about ads in one of his videos.
Eventually we will reach a point where videos will simply not play until a set amount of seconds will elapse and adblockers will result in users simply stare at a blackscreen for set amount of seconds.
This is exactly what Blip.tv pulled.
They made you wait 90 seconds, staring at a message telling you it only takes 30 seconds to sit through an ad.
Blip died.
This is what they do in China and adblockers don't really work, I broke part of my network because a new update on their ad serving refused an android TV refused to acknowledge being connected to the internet for the handshake.
Yeah, I'd rather have 90 seconds of silence than be blasted by ads for any amount of time. I generally tolerate in-video ad reads (though if I'm actively watching, I'll skip past them) but I have zero patience for any other kind.
At least with sponserships, the creator actually gets the support directly. Not hoovered up into Google
I'm just gonna go back to reading books. I already watch videos at 2x+ speed with cc on just to skip the drivel, and books are just better at conveying info, they don't require power or web, and I can keep them forever without them getting suddenly edited and can even lend them to friends.
The good content creators even make their ad reads entertaining. Count Dankula and Internet Historian have convinced me to check out several products on account of being funny about the ad reads (or, rather, the sponsors allowing them to be funny about the ad reads made me willing to check out their products).
So be it.