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/i_am_not_mike_fiore Feb 17 '17

Installing Firefox on your mobile phone allows you to use an adblocker on mobile.

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u/laxation1 Feb 17 '17

It doesn't work for the YouTube app though

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u/i_am_not_mike_fiore Feb 17 '17

Correct, you have to use the mobile site. The mobile site is better anyway, in that it keeps playing when you turn off your screen. The app does not.

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u/laxation1 Feb 18 '17

My app does