In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Dec 2020 08:10:32 +0100, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

micky,

Why is it that on youtube ... during the advertisements ...
you can't rewind, can't even pause afaicr?

Don't the companies which provide such ads have to pay for each viewing of
such an ad ?

I suppose so. That might be it.

If someone could put a number of ads (of competitors?) on a
loop (on fast-forward maybe) that could get costly rather fast.

Assuming that became a problem, they could not charge for ads that were
played more than twice in a row, or keep anyone from playing an ad more
than twice.

Would they charge extra if one could pause a commercial?

Sometimes I am but I'm not likely to buy any of that stuff. However the
guy who wants to pause the commercial seems likely to be a serious
possible customer. Esp. compared to all the others who just want it to
end.

Same as with website ads getting clicked by 'puters in a botnet.

Though I have to say that this subject has got very little to do with this
newsgroup ...

Horrors!

Regards,
Rudy Wieser