Internet of shit, episode 56874: "Roku testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen"

Internet of shit, episode 56874: "Roku testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen"
I have unsubscribed from #mark #rober a while a go because his #YouTube videos have been more and more #faked and targeted towards #advertising and selling of a product.
I do get that someone has to eat and pay bills, but fake videos either need to be disclosed as such or don't make them at all
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/verge/statuses/114180135397735630
Important #UK #petition to sign: "Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising"
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456
If you are a UK citizen or UK resident PLEASE SIGN THIS
We need the #government to take this seriously so creeps like this #databroker don't get more data:
https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762
And #democracy is undermined by the #microtargeting from #socialmedia - #Trump /Brexit/Romania etc
I wrote a post about everybody's favorite thing: internet ads!
https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/tension/
#blog #blogging #blogpost #indieweb #advertising #personalwebsite
New pre-print online:
‘The EU Digital Services Act: what does it mean for online advertising and adtech?’
By Pieter Wolters and me.
We explore the question: what does the Digital Services Act mean for online advertising?
We show that some types of ad tech companies, such as ad networks, should be considered platforms.
Comments are welcome! It's a pre-print, so we can still improve it.