With so many freemium mobile apps depending on revenue from animated ads, and the availability of phone cameras with face recognition, I’m surprised that we haven’t seen more ads require that you stare at the screen and watch the ads to the end, Black Mirror style

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That would be literal torture and still doesn't mean the ads will end up converting, would just make people hate them more. I've never played any of those games ads, I only "watch" them because they are unskippable.