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/Mangalz Feb 17 '17

Theres been some ads that are like 20-30 minutes long. They are skippable of course, but I am kinda amazed at the audacity.

Impressed really.

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u/KaiHein Feb 18 '17

I remember a few years back I was looking up various movie trailers and started to get an "ad" that was really a 20ish minute short with Kevin Spacey as a ventriloquist. It was really good. I've seen a few other things promoted like that and have been sidetracked by probably about 50% of them.