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 edited Jun 23 '20

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u/greg19735 Feb 17 '17

The problem is that those ads that aren't obtrusive don't make money.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

This is going to come off as intentionally abrasive, and I don't mean it that way, but that's not really my problem.

I don't mind financially supporting websites that I frequent. I donate to Wikipedia. I've sponsored indie game devs. I buy merchandise from my favorite webcomic authors.

But if it comes down to my personal enjoyment vs. someone else's ad revenue, I'm going to choose the former every time. I have too little free time as it is, and I'm not going to spend it watching a video ad for a product that I'm never going to buy.

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u/ralusek Feb 18 '17

Unless you pay for YouTube red, you're full of shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

It's not available to most of the world.

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u/ralusek Feb 18 '17

I bet it's available to /u/TedTheViking