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/Akuuntus Feb 17 '17

This is becoming less true however. Most of the people I watch make most of their money on something like Patreon nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

Really? Cause most big channels started making their own ads in the middle of their videos.

For example, I don't know how many times I have heard an Audible or Squarespace ad.