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

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's fine, the ad co struck a deal with speaker co to not bill for those sound-seconds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

There is also a tax on when the speakers are not in use.