I wonder though if pressing “skip” is a good idea in terms of privacy / not giving them what they want. I don’t think this was implemented for our “convienience” and rather as yet another manipulation technique.
Just some ideas what I assume they achieve by this:
By pressing it you have to divert your attention towards the ad, even if it is just for a short time.
You might unintentionally signal your preferences which could be used for profile enrichment
You also provide information, that you are still actively at the device an watching (I assume ad providers have more interest on having more/longer ads on content that is actively watched)
I wonder though if pressing “skip” is a good idea in terms of privacy / not giving them what they want. I don’t think this was implemented for our “convienience” and rather as yet another manipulation technique.
Just some ideas what I assume they achieve by this:
By pressing it you have to divert your attention towards the ad, even if it is just for a short time.
You might unintentionally signal your preferences which could be used for profile enrichment
You also provide information, that you are still actively at the device an watching (I assume ad providers have more interest on having more/longer ads on content that is actively watched)