This is a result of not owning the software that runs on your computer, in this case software masquerading as a website. mpv + yt-dlp does not have this problem because it serves the users interests rather than the platform's.
JellyFin is great for streaming owned video content.
The challenge is acquiring ownership of video via DVD and bluray purchase, since renting the right to view is the norm today via purchasing only a temporary license to watch.
Push based advertising needs to be outlawed. Period. It's one thing if I'm actually looking for something to get your sales funnel, it's completely another to normalize behavior that incents shoehorning advertising into activities completely divorced from the act of searching for businesses to transact with.
I'll call you. Stop trying to force yourself on me.
Absolutely. Its also an arms race - if one company advertised like this, maybe they'd get an advantage. But given that everyone does it, they're back to where they started, relative to each other (and also relative to the wider economy!)
Next stop, subscription to stop the ad injection. The stuff is no longer a game or operating system you purchase; it is a marriage certificate that needs permanent financial commitment. Every hardware and software platforms wants to extract monthly fees or inject ads. Growth doesn't mean inventing something new. It is the same old stuff with more fees to pay.
Can we hope that they'll defend this patent, and no one else will be able to abuse their customers in the same way? (More likely the obvious prior art means it's dead in the water, but we can dream).
Steam is still proprietary software that serves Valve's interests instead of the user's. So far those interests somewhat overlap but there is no guarantee that it will stay that way, especially once Gabe inevitably steps down.
I paused because I wanted to see something on the screen, and now I cannot.
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