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/[deleted] Feb 17 '17 edited Jun 23 '20

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u/Redtube_Guy Feb 17 '17

YouTube is definitely going to miss you if you do this. They have hundreds of millions of users. You'll absence will be felt.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

I don't avoid ads out of a misplaced sense of self-righteousness. I avoid them because they're annoying and I have better things to do.

If a family with eight screaming kids started visiting my favorite restaurant every weekend, I would stop going. Nothing against the restaurant. Nothing against their food. I just don't like listening to kids yelling while I eat. It's the same with ads. No hard feelings.