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1y ago

Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience

Unskippable ads may soon make Instagram a nightmare just like YouTube

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1y ago

Instagram testuje niemożliwe do pominięcia 3-5 sekundowe "przerwy na reklamę" zakłócające przeglądanie treści

bgr.com /tech/unskippable-ads-may-soon-make-instagram-a-nightmare-just-like-youtube/

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Stefen Auris @pawb.social

1y ago

Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience

bgr.com /tech/unskippable-ads-may-soon-make-instagram-a-nightmare-just-like-youtube/

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If you force advertising onto me to use your service, I will block it, failing that, I will stop using your service, full stop.
I mean, with any social media that feeds you content according to a non-disclosed algorithm, can you ever be sure what you're looking at isn't an ad? (If it's not content from someone you know irl)
- It's basically all ads if it's not someone you know. That's why I've never understood why people have like 1000 friends on Facebook and Instagram. I don't want anyone I don't know in person appearing on my timeline on those sites. But meta forced it upon me anyways, so I just stopped using the sites.
- Instagram are ads and influencer ads.
  Nothing worth looking at, i'm just there for the near porn that gets thrown on there.
  I love titties man x'D
Insta-what?
I dropped all Meta products years ago and life has been so much better.
- I've been considering joining Instagram just so I can follow specific celebrities.
  I've never had an Instagram account. I've held out for a while.
  
  There is nothing wrong with Instagram as a concept. The problem is Meta's software and policies. If you are truly interested in following certain celebrities in it, I would recommend searching for FOSS projects that allow you to do that without Meta software or joining their eco-system.
People still use Instagram?
Serious question from someone who isn't terribly technologically literate: if other websites adopt this feature, how will ad blockers adapt? For example, would they be able to fool the site into thinking that you've viewed the ad before you actually scroll down?
- Cool story bro, but the only acceptable ad is an absence of one.
That's a pretty misleading thumbnail

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