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Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by hedora on Thursday February 26, 2026 @02:54PM (#47171185)
We use an official YouTube app, and it’s all ad fraud.

It rapid rolls through video streams showing a second or two of each ad.

Presumably this is so Google can charge advertisers for impressions that don’t actually exist.

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Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by slumberlust on Thursday February 26, 2026 @04:28PM (#47172220)
I've noticed this with shorts. I'll go through 20 or so, check my YT history and Google treats the worst ones as a watched video. I'll spend less than a second as my brain processes the slop and then skip. Sure as shit they act like I watched the whole video and recommend me more. It has to be some sort of revenue scam, no customer advantage has appeared to me yet.
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