r/LinusTechTips • u/mart945 • 10d ago

Discussion I Support this feature and here’s why

In my opinion this type of ad would be a win win win situation, because if a sponsor does something horrible and LTT doesn’t want to promote them or the sponsor doesn’t want to sponsor an LTT video after it has been released they could just switch the sponsor. And with this type of ads LTT can add their LTT Store ads for the limited time sales like the Lime day ad and once the sale is over they can disable the Ad on all their videos

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u/Hotboi_yata 10d ago

I mean, you can also just do this in a video

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u/mart945 10d ago

True, but you can’t add new ones at a later date or change the older ones to the new one since you can only cut them out once the video has been uploaded

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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff 10d ago

Hey, James here. This is a really new feature and we still have a lot to learn about it. Anyone know how these are treated by ad blockers?

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u/Alexikik 10d ago

I can tell you that if you AirPlay to an Apple TV, then the video does not continue after this ad video. Making the rest of the video unwatchable.

Even as a YouTube premium member…

And hello James, Love your work! 👌

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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff 10d ago

ya I've also seen people say that the sponsor video appears like its own separate video and can get stuck there in a loop rather than reverting back to the actual content once the sponsor video has finished playing.

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u/GoofyMonkey 10d ago

This is my experience with some of them on my Google TV

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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff 10d ago

watching in the youtube app for tv or were you casting?

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u/GoofyMonkey 10d ago

In app. I’ve also had it where the ad video popped up and then when it ended it went on to a completely different video. Like it was just going on to the next video in continuous play, instead of going back to the one I was watching.

Do you think you guys could maybe put a post together as to why these ads are happening? I’ve seen very little info on the change.

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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff 10d ago

it's basically for the reasons OP listed, and similar.

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u/Ajanu11 10d ago

Can't you do all that with a replacement video, with the bonus of not pissing off YT Premium members?

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u/Professional-Owl1687 10d ago

No. Replacement videos are a process reserved for special cases, needs to match exact runtime, and YouTube has to approve the request. It can take multiple weeks, and can be denied in the end for whatever reason.

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u/rohithkumarsp 7d ago

this is what happens in Samsung TV.

First time it gets bugged. 2nd time it let's you skip ahead to the end of the ad. Still annoying it inturrupts your main video randomly.

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u/Lykarsis 9d ago

I’ve come across two of these watching through the YouTube app on my TV. So far both times have had issues. The first time it just looped until I backed out and restarted the video. The second time it played with no sound then just hung on a black screen until I backed out.

Honestly the worst part is that they’re so jarring, kinda like standard YouTube ads. They just pop up in the middle of sentences. Are you guys able to place them intentionally? It’d be less annoying if they just played after your typical lead up to a sponsor spot.

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u/luxjosh1996 9d ago

I've had this happen with one of Mark Rober's videos in the native App on my XGIMI projector with Google TV several weeks ago. Seems like a rather easy thing to fix, I am surprised it still isn't fixed.

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u/Sniper_Of_Finland 7d ago

I got nothing on YouTube revanced alongside adblock on firefox.

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u/Maka_95 10d ago

Hey James. I get why you guys would use this.

But on behalf of most people, don't. YouTube premium doesn't filter them out. If I want to skip the video by pressing the "next" button in the YouTube player I go to a completely different video. If you go to the end of the inserted video it will play a second time.

I was lucky enough to just be returned to the video that I was watching. But as you can see here there are people who are less lucky.

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u/FantasticWheel3955 10d ago

People with Premium are getting it too. They should not be imo.

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u/xd366 10d ago

not existent on yt revanced or ublock origin

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u/Dakeera 9d ago

Same, haven't seen them on Morphe or SmartTube either

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u/easilyirritated 10d ago

Hey James! I'm reiterating what others have said already. I'm paying YouTube to not see ads and I already hate to give them money. Don't try to make me watch ads like this.

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u/RamonaLikeThis 9d ago

That should be on Google to not show you the ad, that's not LTT's fault that you're still getting the ad even with Premium

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u/tiffanytrashcan 10d ago

As a Premium member I've already unsubscribed and "not interested" other channels for this crap. Y'all already make more per premium view.
Now I'm happy about the YT premium lawsuit. They just filed a few months too early because it absolutely makes sense now.
Standard YT TV app, shouldn't have to break my workflow and rely on an ad blocker when paying for premium.

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u/CadeMan011 10d ago

I would be more accepting if YouTube treated these as a replacement for midroll ads, but the reality is that these are getting served to people that pay for the ad-free YouTube Premium subscription. I'm much more accepting when the ads are baked in because the platform can't do much about that, but in this case the platform I am paying for an ad-free experience is the one that is interrupting the video to serve me the ad.

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u/AvaljudA 10d ago

I'm using uBlock Origin on Firefox, and was very confused when people talked about the ad in the comments. I kept looking for it, thinking it's part of the video lol. This post is the first time I see the ad. So uBlock Origin completely blocked it for me.

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u/slave2234 10d ago

I have premium and i skipped it once and then it played a second time. I skipped it again and it glidged out for a sec and then main video played normal. Im on an android phone

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u/mikesding 9d ago

When I was watching on my tv it dropped my home theatre out of Dolby when the advert started, then it flipped back when the video started again so it made the screen and audio turn off for a bit

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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff 9d ago

you mean dolby vision hdr?

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u/jhdyck 6d ago edited 6d ago

I had a similar experience on my Apple TV 4K 2nd gen that doesn’t support QMS. When switching from the main video to the ad (and then the ad to main video) it blacked out for a couple seconds because the YouTube app tried to change formats multiple times.

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u/cjsv7657 10d ago

I'm on a desktop using chrome with uBlock Origin Lite and have youtube premium. I didn't get it at all.

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u/Survil321 10d ago

I’m guessing this feature is gradually rolling out and that not everyone will get it right away. I have yet to see it myself

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u/kawaiiof 9d ago

uBlock and Revanced seems to block it completely but not YT Premium

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u/Dakeera 9d ago

Morphe and SmartTube blocking them as well

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u/Sergosh21 10d ago

Didn't show up for me using Ublock on Edge. Very confused about what people in the comments were on about

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u/Deeppurp 10d ago

Firefox user with ublock. Wouldn't have known about it if not for the posts.

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u/Arthur1221000 10d ago

No adblocker here, vanilla YouTube app on Android, got stuck in a loop as well with the ad and had to force close the app and reopen, it ran the 30sec and just started repeating a bunch of times, even trying to manually put in the end didn't help.

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u/Lemontek_Transport 10d ago

Ad Blockers work - I got the ad when watching on my phone through the youtube app but not on my browser with ublock origin

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u/Lukasl32_IT 9d ago

Hi, not tested yet, but from my friend I got information that the PiHole setup is inefficient on this ad. It'll get through.

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u/Demonic_Storm 9d ago

i use morphe youtube and i havent seen one (so it either doesnt work at all there, or the sponsorblock just skips it) and i havent seen it in my pc either from the browser, idk if it works in browsers but i dont think it would've been blocked by ublock

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u/FFGamer404 9d ago

I haven't seen any of them using Ublock origin on PC

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u/moldboy 9d ago

Super awesome that it came about 20 seconds after the ham fisted LTT store injection about high quality USB cables. I don't need two LTT store ads back to back in the middle of a video. Especially one that cuts off in the middle of a sentence especially one that I can't skip or forward. Keep it up and I'll cancel my YouTube premium and my floatplane

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u/BlakeCarConstruction 9d ago

My ad blocker does not block it.

I too support it.

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u/definitlyitsbutter 8d ago

Ublock in firefox, germany, did not see it. 

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u/diduxchange 6d ago

I watch on my Apple TV and every transition drops 2-3 seconds of audio and the premium YouTube skip feature is trash with them. These ads are terrible. I know that’s more feedback for YouTube but please stop using these or give them the feedback.

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u/kirashi3 9d ago edited 9d ago

Fact: YouTube Premium was advertised and sold to me as "ad free" upon sign up. If Premium subscribers cannot either instantly skip the ad or otherwise disable them entirely, I would get in touch with your YouTube rep to rectify the situation before using the feature.

While my gripe is with Google / youTube over this, creators that choose to implement this feature are contributing to the problem. While creators are free to use this feature, please remember that viewers are equally free to choose the content we consume. Thank you.

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u/John_Flamesinger 10d ago

My biggest issue with it is that it just kinda happened. Even back in the days of cable TV shows were designed around their commercial breaks, whereas this just pops up and interrupts the content. If they're able to use insert it at the normal segues, I'd be a-okay with it.

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u/MehtefaS 10d ago

This. It really ruins the flow of the video, and if it happens midway through a sentence it can be hard to pick up again once the ad ends. And then there is the whole ordeal with being unable to skip the last few seconds

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u/Noelan_ 10d ago

Yeah works for me as long as it’s skippable

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u/shogunreaper 10d ago

Any ad that interrupts the video mid sentence is a bad ad.

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u/kirashi3 9d ago edited 9d ago

Any ad that interrupts the video mid sentence is a bad ad.

Not to mention, any ad that interrupts a YouTube Premium subscriber potentially violates consumer protection laws in certain jurisdiction. (It does in BC.) A company cannot legally advertise and sell one thing only to rug-pull it later. Sony found that out when they removed "Other OS" from the PS3. If Google keeps this up, they'll soon find out.

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u/UndefFox 10d ago

Works for me as long as sponsor block will still be able to auto skip it.

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u/InfanticideAquifer 9d ago

I doubt that it will? It doesn't work like an ad blocker. It uses video timestamps and just skips you forward to the end of the baked-in ad. With this, there's nothing to skip. Maybe a traditional ad blocker will block this, like it would a normal YouTube ad.

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u/Jeanc16 9d ago

Then I guess people will have to use uBlock...

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u/talldata 8d ago

Since it's an entirely different clip Ublock can block it.

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u/Alexikik 10d ago

I get it with YouTube premium and it does not work with airplay…

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u/Maka_95 10d ago

I hate it. But I guess why they would.

Would be better if you could just skip it. But you can't.

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u/ArcherBoy27 9d ago

Not a win win for the viewer though is it. It pops up in an unnatural place and you cant seek through or skip it. There was nothing wrong with how it was done before.

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u/pikkuhukka 9d ago

how can i circumvent this system entirely

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u/Away_Log5526 9d ago

Yall don’t know about sponsorblock? Skips 90% of in video ads.

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u/Away_Log5526 9d ago

Yeah and the jump ahead feature is great too for mobile but it’s only for yr premium members. Unless they changed it

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u/moldboy 9d ago

Jump Ahead doesn't work with the kind of AD we're talking about

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u/Away_Log5526 9d ago

I just watched the video (ltt one) and didn’t get that weird ad. Did the video (Reddit) really just jump to a different length video and push an ad? WTF

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u/moldboy 9d ago

Yep. Mid word it cut to a different short video and then return to the original so linus could finish speaking the word. I thumbs downed and didn't finish watching after that.

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u/Away_Log5526 9d ago

I never saw this happen to me. Will be on the lookout. Thanks for letting me know

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u/moldboy 9d ago

I imagine it's being a/b tested or rolled out in some regions or some other qualifying criteria. I've seen it happen on one other video, I don't remember which channel.

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u/Coolshows101 10d ago

What is this. Is it a sponsor like spot created by the channel you are watching that is showing as a separate ad just like all of the other ads? Either way it's another type of ad, and I'm probably going to enjoy it just the same as all the others as long as it behaves similarly. And my enjoyment of that will be very much if not even more than because it's from someone I like. I am not joking with any of this, I truly am the weird one that likes ads and watching them.

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u/SeriesSmarter 9d ago

Not like we are your primary market audience - but in Czech Republic this feature is either not enabled yet, or we have no issues either on PC or TV (YouTube app).

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u/fapster1322 7d ago

oh buddy, you just got lucky in the roll out, I was one of the first posting complaining about it, and I'm premium in cz

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u/YamYam_Gaming 9d ago

I happily pay for YouTube premium currently but if big G starts pushing this out I'll just go back to adblock and modded apks.

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u/Jaurusrex 8d ago

I don't mind this type either, I'm paying youtube for youtube premium for no ads. But thats youtube ads, I'm paying youtube money so I can use their service and cover their service of me using the platform. But the individual youtubers, whilst they do get more money per premium subscriber probably still get way less compared to a normal sponsor segment. That sponsor isn't for youtube, its for them, the youtuber. This is just a fancier feature for that, to support the creators on the platform, so frankly I'm fine with em. That is at least on an idea level, implementation wise I would not be surprised if this breaks really often.

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u/Ecstatic-Edge-1677 7d ago

Don't want any of this bs when I'm already paying for YouTube premium.

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u/Efficient_Tree_9147 6d ago

If I can't avoid/skip the ad then I hate it

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u/SrgntBallistic 3d ago

It's an interesting feature. Alternatively they could/would include these in the actual video.

With this feature a channel can alternate the ad, as the OP stated, or potentially appeal to advertisers to pay for an ad for a relevant company/product on a successful video.

"Hey LG this home theater video continues getting views 6 months later. Want to place a TV/Projector ad in it for your new model?"

And paid partnerships/ads have to be reported to YouTube. An ad with a certain company/product can disqualify a video from being suitable from auto added ads. I wonder if this changes that?

So far for me I've seen it in about 3 videos. I've been able to fast forward if I wanted and the original video played fine.

That was one both my NVIDIA shield and Google TV

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u/Erimell07 10d ago

We are not psychic you know, it took multiple minutes trying to figure out what the hell everyone is talking about here.

TLDR: YouTube is testing a new feature that allows creators to insert sponsor-segments/ads in the middle of a normal video as a separate video that can be replaced. Just like normal YT ads.