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Instagram Confirms Testing Unskippable Ads for Some Users: Report

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Instagram Confirms Testing Unskippable Ads for Some Users: Report

www.gadgets360.com

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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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As per the report, the unskippable ads are labelled ‘Ad break’ and last for five seconds.

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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