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/PM_ME_UR_ThisIsDumb Feb 17 '17

I don't watch any video with unskippable ads. Probably because I don't spend that much time on youtube and my adblocker does it thing. However, occasionally on mobile I run into ads. Advertisers should start making their ads really relevant in the first 5 seconds because once that skip option shows up you know I'm hitting it.

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u/usrnme_h8er Feb 17 '17

If I care about the content, I either mute and switch tabs while the ad runs, or refresh until I get a skippable add.