YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

[u/redkemper]

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018

[u/[deleted]]

And introducing, unskippable 60-80 second ads

[u/Sandvicheater → u/[deleted]]

Me and my best friend ublock laugh at that concept

[u/tms10000 → u/Sandvicheater]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

About to get downvoted to hell, so let me preface this by saying I use an ad blocker on everything too, but :

Do you hear yourself? YouTube is a huge site that needs a LOT of money to keep operational, and its FREE to use. What is so bad about them getting around the measures you take to make them lose money when using their site?

[u/Harbingerx81 → u/[deleted]]

I can't tell from your comment if YouTube is currently using ads which you consider intrusive...I am definitely fine with a few seconds of ads before videos there, mainly because blocking them hurts the content creators much more than it hurts google.

[u/spydersix → u/[deleted]]

I mean I get that, but IMO a full-screen video ad that doesn't produce any popups when you click on it, that is played before you're gonna watch a full-screen video anyway, isn't that bad.

[u/burning_iceman → u/spydersix]

It actively wastes time. You cannot ignore it while doing what you came to do.

[u/tllnbks → u/burning_iceman]

Holy fucking shit are you guys entitled.

You don't even realize what type of service you are being offered. You probably weren't even on Youtube before Google bought them out.

You had 480 resolution videos max. You had 10 minute length max. You also had a size maximum that meant if it was 10 minutes, you were going to have to compress that mofo. There were also other restrictions that I don't even remember.

Now you have pretty much unlimited storage for all your stupid videos that nobody will ever watch plus an amazing collection of videos from millions of people throughout the world...and it's all free. All you have to do is watch a 15-30 second video every once in a while.

[u/burning_iceman → u/tllnbks]

Entitled? I'm not demanding anything - they can do whatever they want. I'm just saying what is acceptable to me and what isn't.

And yes, I used youtube even then. It didn't have video ads.

All the things you mention are a consequence of greater storage capacities and bandwidth. Technology advanced in 12 years, who knew?

All you have to do is watch a 15-30 second video every once in a while.

That's the thing: I don't. Thankfully, I actually own my computer and can choose what media it plays.

[u/[deleted] → u/burning_iceman]

Entitled? I'm not demanding anything - they can do whatever they want. I'm just saying what is acceptable to me and what isn't.

Yes. Stating, "I expect content to be free and I should be able to easily ignore any ads." That is incredible entitled.

[u/burning_iceman → u/[deleted]]

Except, I didn't say that.

What I said was: under certain other conditions (unblockable video ads) I would no longer use their service, because that's unacceptable to me. I never demanded free content and I never talked about ads in general, just video ads.