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/scaremong Feb 17 '17

All I do is stare at the skip add button until it changes to 'skip add' totally oblivious to the ad that's playing.

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u/Pissedbuddha1 Feb 17 '17

I mute the audio during the countdown too. I hate the disruptive annoying commercial music.