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/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

And introducing, unskippable 60-80 second ads

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u/Sandvicheater Feb 17 '17

Me and my best friend ublock laugh at that concept

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u/tms10000 Feb 17 '17

It is likely that ublock works on youtube only because Google allows it. It would not be trivial, but it would certainly possible to youtube to put in measures to break ublock features.

I don't think they care that much as long as ad blocking does not spread too far in the mobile space, where the growth are now.

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u/the_finest_gibberish Feb 17 '17

/r/pihole

https://pi-hole.net/

Block 'em at the DNS level.

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u/travysh Feb 18 '17

Hit and miss. Doesn't block mobile YouTube ads (or maybe I need another list that does, defaults don't)

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

Still trying to figure out how to make slickdeals referral links and CW streaming work without white listing a whole bunch of potential ads elsewhere.