minus-squarecallous_trog@lemmy.ziptoTechnology@lemmy.world•Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSpotify owns megaphone. Megaphone embeds the ads in podcasts. It’s sort of not in their interest to offer this feature. However, YouTube has this feature already. I’d guess they are mostly trying to stay competitive? linkfedilink
minus-squarecallous_trog@lemmy.ziptoTechnology@lemmy.world•A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameraslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up141arrow-down2·1 month agoSeems like a great way to get rear ended by a Tesla autopilot driver. linkfedilink
Spotify owns megaphone. Megaphone embeds the ads in podcasts. It’s sort of not in their interest to offer this feature. However, YouTube has this feature already. I’d guess they are mostly trying to stay competitive?