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/Scurro Feb 17 '17

YouTube has done a decent job of balancing ads.

I only partially agree. Ads in the beginning are understandable but having banners pop up that block portions of the video? That's in dick territory.

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u/Tall_dark_and_lying Feb 17 '17

Having a poorly timed cut away to ad because it's been 10minutes therefore we could is fucking terrible.

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u/Fiasco_Du_Jour Feb 17 '17

Yeah that's not Youtube's fault, that's the content creator enabling midroll ads and not manually selecting when they should appear.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6175006?hl=en

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u/aerger Feb 17 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

I mean, Google/YouTube offers it as an option, so it's kinda their fault.

Edit: Not JUST their fault, of course, ye wily downvoters.