‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue::Big streaming services like Hulu, Max and Peacock are relying more heavily on ‘pause ads’ that show up when a user halts a binge session
‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue::Big streaming services like Hulu, Max and Peacock are relying more heavily on ‘pause ads’ that show up when a user halts a binge session
They seem less annoying now. Just wait until you have pause ads coupled with regular ads!
Just wait until Apple’s headset becomes mainstream.
“You must keep looking at the ad for at least 30 seconds to proceed - do not look away from the ad”.
People forget it now, but Steve really thought their iAds platform on iOS would be disruptive and win against Google - their ads were “interactive” in the sense that they could use a lot of the phones sensors and APIs to take over what the user was doing and force interactions.
That reminds me of that one episode of black mirror where he can’t turn away from the ad: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits