Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds

Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by magicalhippo on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:21AM (#46525565)

> You make a post on Hacker News titled “Show HN: I made this cool thing called Luminexel, check it out!”

So, place an ad in other words.

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by xigoi on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:59AM (#46525922)

It’s not an ad if you’re not paying someone to forcibly show it to other people.

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by magicalhippo on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @09:45AM (#46526921)

So if I put up posters in my neighborhood for my PC fixing service, it's not considered ads, but if I pay someone else to put the same posters up, they're suddenly ads?

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by jonfw on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @10:07AM (#46527207)

what if I payed a content marketing expert to craft my blog post and title in such a way that drew attention? Would that be paying for

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