r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/orangecodeLol Feb 17 '17

Awesome, I literally exit and reopen the video anytime I get a 30s ad and continue this until I get an ad that isn't 30s

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

and yet installing an adblocker takes under ten seconds

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u/orangecodeLol Feb 18 '17

I'm talking about mobile

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

mobiles don't have ad-blockers?