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Pausing just brings up a sidebar with a static image ad. Maybe they change that to audio amd/or video in the future but right now you just seem uninformed and reflexively hostile. Maybe like, experience what they're doing before judging? Or at least before commenting...
I already adblock. For a good reason. The ads only get worse. I'd be surprised if it didn't turn into that after some time. It's not an unreasonable assumption.
Why would you even assume? The info is in the linked article. Point being, if you'd read the article you wouldn't need to make assumptions.
Idk, because it’s a joke and I’m not really that invested in the specifics of the latest ad garbage a tech company is pushing? Ads expand to fill all available space. If it can eventually become a video ad, it will. Just give it time. These things never go in the other direction.
The back pedaling has reached the "it was a joke. I was only pretending to be wrong" stage. What comes next?
Just admit you spoke without knowledge and try to do better in the future. It's not that hard.
...Except you knew it was sarcasm. Hence why you made your comment in the first place. Unless you thought I was earnestly praising Google for making new ads?