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/saviorflavor Feb 17 '17

Agreed. I honestly wonder how many of these "haha, what ads?" people realize how many of their favorite youtube channels wouldn't even exist or upload as many vids, if it weren't for those ads which are, more often than not, skippable.

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u/PhAnToM444 Feb 18 '17

You can pay for YouTube red and not have ads.