BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days ago“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screenarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: enshittification@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmit.onlinegadgets@lemmit.online
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minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou ever wonder why many of Rokus remotes don’t come with a mute button? Weird huh… Maybe just an especially expensive button, huh?
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoHuh…I must have gotten lucky because all of mine have a mute button…
minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s a problem. Also reports of some reviews that do have mute buttons, but the functionality gets selectively disabled - I.e. on the YouTube app, pressing mute will pause an ad, but not mute. The point is to force you to complete watching ads.
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI’ve not run into that either, but YouTube doesn’t show me ads, fortunately It’s definitely a dark pattern
You ever wonder why many of Rokus remotes don’t come with a mute button? Weird huh… Maybe just an especially expensive button, huh?
Huh…I must have gotten lucky because all of mine have a mute button…
It’s a problem. Also reports of some reviews that do have mute buttons, but the functionality gets selectively disabled - I.e. on the YouTube app, pressing mute will pause an ad, but not mute. The point is to force you to complete watching ads.
I’ve not run into that either, but YouTube doesn’t show me ads, fortunately
It’s definitely a dark pattern