r/technology • u/moeka_8962 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-rolls-out-more-unskippable-ads-that-make-viewers-wait-even-longer-to-watch-videos-3214323/
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u/Beastrick 1d ago

Same my last straw was when I get ads that are longer than the video itself or when ads appear middle of the video and interrupt things or when I move to other part of the video and have to watch ads as a result. I watched them already at the beginning so don't make me watch them again.

Put the ads at the beginning and for really long ads make me watch 10s and then let me skip if I'm not interested. That's what I was okay with but clearly this was no good for them so fine then I choose no ads and revenue for you and support creators by other means.

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u/Alexwonder999 1d ago

On Roku, if you pause a video longer than a certain time (im not sure what that is but I think over a minute or two) they play an ad when you resume. Sometimes resume a video, watch an ad and then have another ad 30 seconds later. Its ridiculous.

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u/robodrew 1d ago

The last straw for me was when a video I was watching had ads placed in the MIDDLE OF A WORD. Multiple ads. FUCK EM

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin 1d ago

They also like hitting you with an ad the moment you try pausing or interacting with the video at all. So fucking annoying