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minus-squareLaurel RavenlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoHuh…I must have gotten lucky because all of mine have a mute button…
minus-square@Snapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days 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 RavenlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoI’ve not run into that either, but YouTube doesn’t show me ads, fortunately It’s definitely a dark pattern
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