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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads(www.theverge.com)

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18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world
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And your speakers are on subscription plans that charge you for every second that they play noise. Better upgrade to the next tier if you want to listen to anything else!

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Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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That’s fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.

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EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world
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There is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.

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