“Let’s work together and put an end to attention theft.”
This will be YouTube in 2025
Submitted 10 months ago by Tixanou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Leg@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The term “attention theft” is some dystopian shit, and just probable enough to make me vomit in my mouth.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
nexguy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There are no victimless crimes
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Privately peeing on a grave.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
What about baby eating ? I’m saving the planet kilotons of co2 emissions each one I gulp down. I should get a medal.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
grid11@lemy.nl 10 months ago
groats_survivor@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I remember a time before YouTube…it sounds like I will be living that time again
filcuk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
When Vanced went down, and before ReVanced came out, I had stopped using YT. The ads are unbearable.
So I know what I’d do.BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Oh youtube was great. It went downhill super fast when people made money on youtube.
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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
NutWrench@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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)
RandomVideos@programming.dev 10 months ago
How many people would be unable to use youtube because they have a broken camera or dont want youtube to access their camera
hades@lemm.ee 10 months ago
They can always buy Premium for 299.95 per month.
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
YouTube requires these permissions, please enable them to continue
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
it would just completely fail to recognize certain facial features, and there’d be jack shit people could do about it.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Finally, all those years of under investing in the ability to detect darker skin tone pays off
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People with broken cameras have no money and their data isn’t worth selling.
growingentropy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
To the tech ghetto you go.
Imalostmerchant@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why not give credit to the artist?
Soren Iverson www.instagram.com/soren.iverson?igsh=eGd3d3N5dzc0…
Tixanou@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I found this on Twitter and didn’t know who made it, thanks!
faceula@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Credit where it’s due indeed. This also reminds me of Black Mirror, I think it was season 1 with the talent show auditions.
don@lemm.ee 10 months ago
15 Million Merits
xenoclast@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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!
Imalostmerchant@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Maybe, Soren only posted it for the first time 13 hours ago tho…
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
RESUME VIEWING RESUME VIEWING RESUME VIEWING
Tja@programming.dev 10 months ago
Please drink a confirmation sip.
medgremlin@midwest.social 10 months ago
The image won’t load, but based on the replies, I think it’s a weeping angel, and now I don’t want the image to load.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Its a part of first episode of black mirror s1
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is what I thought too and it makes me anxious.
pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
vr goggles have entered the chat
for those that don’t know, in vr most apps to avoid motion sickness keeps player in it’s own “space”. They can look away from virtual screen displaying whatever content or text that appears, just by turning their heads around. But, for example in games, when content is important (ex. story dialogue subtitles) the content is programmed to try to move in front of player’s view at all times, even if it’s obstructing rest of the virtual world
Delusional@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“There will now be a short questionnaire on the ad to see if you actually listened to it. If you get below 90%, we will show two minutes of ads.”
broken_chatbot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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
sukhmel@programming.dev 10 months ago
And I bet they’ve been wondering why people don’t use that platform
Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Don’t give them even more ideas…
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Accelrate to the end for something better after the fall ?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“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!”
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Please don’t give them any ideas
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
Samsung literally has a patent on this already lol
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The spystation 1
Xephonian@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
Drink verification can
Fades@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card”
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
See, I have no doubt they would if they could, but i doubt such things are actually feasible.
Like right now I just refresh the page to skip ads on my phone.
onion@feddit.de 10 months ago
Camera eye-trackers exist
FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I think some vr headsets have them so it’s not like you need a huge package either cus it’s 95% screen
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Them existing and Google being able to enforce people turn them on, and consistently blocking everyone who doesn’t, is a whole other problem that is a lot more complex.
Naz@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s entirely feasible.
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I mean, it’s technically feasible, just not practically feasible, like flying cars.
saltesc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They could.
Default is 60s ad block. However, enabling ‘Regular User’ feature will bring this down to a more convenient 15s block so you get your content faster every time. To enable this feature, tap Allow when prompted for camera permissions.
Deello@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I remember playing with a similar feature on my Galaxy S3 back in the day. Eye scrolling. The phone would scroll for you when it sensed you looking at the bottom of the screen. That was the S3. It was not perfect but very usable. My hands always felt faster so I never kept it on but it was a fun thing to play with. I’m sure the only thing stopping them is the fear of backlash. We’ll get there in time I’m sure :/
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
The tech exist but enforcing that people use it is another matter. They cannot even properly paywall Picture in Picture and background play on IOS.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I remember there being some Android phone (some generation of Samsung Galaxy S series probably) with a “feature” where it pauses video playback if you look away from it. Good thing it didn’t catch on.
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
S10+ here. I’ll have to check and see what my older phones still have, my current one still has “keep screen on while viewing”, I don’t think I had one that paused videos, but I remember one offering “smart scrolling” based on eye movement
gst0ck@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I swear my Samsung tv did that to me when I walked away from YT last week.
DBT@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How to make me lose interest in whatever I was about to watch 101
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
nexussapphire@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This will be the death of YouTube for me. I pay for YouTube premium so this day may never come for me.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Unrelated, but seeing “2025,” my first thought was "haha that’s so far I the future. Jesus, for something that’s six months away, that’s a futuristic ass sounding date
Lightrider@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Black Mirrorverse
RandomVideos@programming.dev 10 months ago
Just stick a photo of yourself on the camera
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Here’s how this is going to happen:
- Someone rolls out this technology, everyone of course, fucking hates it, especially since a lot of people have Youtube videos on for background noise.
- Someone else uses this tech for shock value, perhaps a company putting something horrific that people can’t look away from as a misguided way to get the ad in people’s heads.
- These incidents lead to either the US, EU or China getting up in arms and banning the tech.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People still running content blockers and piping video links in 2025: “You guys are still watching ads?”
praxis_jack@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seems like what we’re moving towards
Zink@programming.dev 10 months ago
Funny stuff, but in reality I hope they realize that if all the free users leave, that could get a lot of content creators to branch out, and they could also take the paid users with them.
I pay for premium because I watch YouTube all the time, multiple people in my house watch it on multiple devices, and we even get use out of YouTube music. It’s worth more to me than all other streaming services combined. But I’m there for all the creators and the content they put out, not for anything else unique about the YouTube experience. All they have on their side is install base, infrastructure cost, and inertia. Those are big things to overcome, but if they drive enough people away things could definitely change.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 months ago
not real in 2025. 2040? not so sure
Thrickles@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
\o/ McDonald’s!
kelargo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
User experience approaching something like the Clockwork Orange - Movie Theatre Scene, with eyes forced open to watch horror with Beethoven music in the back ground.
Lennnny@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I love otamatones.
Beaver@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Donates to peertube in agreement
Rustmilian@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People with ADHD will never make it through an ad.
bmsok@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This comment hit me like a gut punch of dread.
And now I’ll think about it for years.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
*Ad 1 of 3.