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Re:Microsoft accidentally reveals that it is testing ads in ... by qiskit on Thursday March 17, 2022 @11:35AM (#30712265)
Even better, just play the ad and after the ad finishes, give the user a quiz on the ad to make sure he was paying attention. If you score 80% on the quiz, then you can browse the filesystem. Otherwise, they have to watch the ad again.

Dark arts/dark patterns. I think microsoft just emailed me a job offer. Decisions, decisions.

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Re:Microsoft accidentally reveals that it is testing ads in ... by sonicanatidae on Thursday March 17, 2022 @12:18PM (#30712809)
There is already "work" being done to detect the user's eye focus. If the user looks away from the ad, the ad pauses, until the user refocuses on their garbage. Granted, for now, it's 20 mins of ads for free tickets, and it makes sense. We also know humans don't understand the word, "enough" when it comes to profits.

https://futurism.com/moviepass-eye-tracking-ads

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Re:Microsoft accidentally reveals that it is testing ads in ... by thegtproject on Friday March 18, 2022 @01:05AM (#30718906)
I feel like a captcha needs to be in there somewhere as well.
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