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YouTube, pause screen
YouTube is now showing ads when you pause videos
Google has found another way to turn your eyeballs into money: by turning paused YouTube videos into a new real estate for ads. A YouTube communications manager told The Verge they’ve seen “strong advertiser and strong reviewer responses” since they “rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers.
YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
Technically, YouTube started piloting pause ads in 2023 with a limited selection of advertisers, but Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler revealed this April that they were unsurprisingly a big hit with ad firms and lucrative for Google.
YouTube ads can play even when your screen is paused now
First, YouTube subjugated viewers to longer unskippable ads. Now, not even pausing your screen will be an escape from them.
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YouTube will start showing even more ads soon
Google is bringing more ads to YouTube, as you'll see them when you pause video playback - here's why that's not a bad idea.
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YouTube's new way to interrupt your viewing is going wide
YouTube is now widely rolling out pause ads. These ads will appear when you pause playback, in addition to regular YouTube ...
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Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say
The European Commission last year charged Google with favouring its own advertising services, opening its fourth case against ...
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