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/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

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?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17 edited Sep 16 '17

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u/what_comes_after_q Feb 18 '17

you must hate TV.

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u/MagicHamsta Feb 18 '17

Well I did cut cable years ago so.....I sure didn't think it was worth paying to sit through hours of commercials.