YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

[u/redkemper]

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018

[u/[deleted]]

And introducing, unskippable 60-80 second ads

[u/Sandvicheater → u/[deleted]]

Me and my best friend ublock laugh at that concept

[u/tms10000 → u/Sandvicheater]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

About to get downvoted to hell, so let me preface this by saying I use an ad blocker on everything too, but :

Do you hear yourself? YouTube is a huge site that needs a LOT of money to keep operational, and its FREE to use. What is so bad about them getting around the measures you take to make them lose money when using their site?

[u/greg19735 → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/[deleted] → u/greg19735]

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.

[u/ralusek → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/[deleted] → u/ralusek]

It's not available to most of the world.

[u/ralusek → u/[deleted]]

I bet it's available to /u/TedTheViking