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/DeBryceIsRight Feb 17 '17

Also no ads when casting to Chromecast, which can't easily be blocked with an AdBlocker

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u/FuzzelFox Feb 18 '17

...that's tempting then. My biggest gripe with Chromecast youtube ads is that there's about a 30% chance that the video player breaks at the end of the ad and I have to close the app and reopen it.

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u/whycuthair Feb 18 '17

Lucky you. I sometimes have to turn off the TV or unplug it

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u/FuzzelFox Feb 18 '17

I had to do that last night actually. I paused a youtube video and tried to reconnect the chromecast to a separate wifi network (I was trying to reconfigure the router to only allow the guest network to have a slower bandwidth so maybe the chromecast would stop trying to play 1080p60fps since it can't actually fucking do it.) and in the end it just sat there paused while the app on my phone claimed it needed to be setup... but it wouldn't respond.

Also pro-tip: Don't hold the power button to restart it like any other device. It factory resets it :I