The Core

This reminds me of when a newspaper puts ads on the front page. Only The Onion ever did it well. At the time, they boldly announced that they were the only paper in America to dare to put ads on the front page... as well as claiming to be America's Finest News Source(tm).

But it raises the question - what is the threshold annoyance for users? Have users been trained to accept that they should see the maximum number of ads at all times?

As Seth Godin likes to say: "The problem with the race to the bottom, is you just  might win. Or even worse, come in second."

I know it seems quaint to predict the end of civilization. I am predicting that it ended in 1986, but future historians may see this quote as proof that by 2019, people had finally figured it out

The company wants to make it easier for users to discover and buy new products because they shop in brief spurts while watching TV or sitting in the bathroom

The phrase "garbage in, garbage out" comes to mind with that quote :-)

>all streams will eventually turn into marketing-infested flows

YouTube Will Now Show Ads On All Videos Even If Creators Don’t Want Them
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/11/18/youtube-will-now-show-ads-on-all-videos-even-if-creators-dont-want-them/

>transform

I think they are looking for revenue sources to replace the loss of tracking data they currently sell.  The EU & California privacy movements are getting traction *AND* they are now pretty much cast as evil in the US Congress, so they can't depend on their lobbyists to keep the legal skids greased.

>looking for revenue sources to replace

Front-running Apple search engine launch

> YouTube

No kidding and I think they have boosted these up a notch in the last week or so.  (If I see one more Mandalorian I'm gonna drop kick Baby Yoda's green a-- into the street.)

I haven't had time to test this but there might be fewer adds late at night.