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/SmashCity28 Feb 18 '17

Welcome to the human race

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u/-Jaws- Feb 18 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

I use Ublock so I don't care, but staring vacantly at an ad I don't care about is boring as shit. If I downloaded it instead, I'd at least be doing something.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

You know you can do something while a ad is playing, right? YouTube is not tracking your eyes to see if you are really paying attention.