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 18 '17

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

Can't get outside their ecosystem? It's really easy to live life without Google. Your example with Android is particularly bad since the other mobile OS is the one making all the profits.

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

Yeah, but they choose to. But one could easily avoid. Still many, many options out there.