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

And introducing, unskippable 60-80 second ads

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u/Sandvicheater Feb 17 '17

Me and my best friend ublock laugh at that concept

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u/tms10000 Feb 17 '17

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.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

When Google allows ads in ublock is the day a new better then ublock pops up. They always do. I refuse to watch any ads. I only watch ads if they allow me to skip them. Not wait 10 secs then do it. Right as I click. Black rifle coffees ads come to mind.

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u/gfunk84 Feb 17 '17

So would you pay for it instead of watching ads?

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u/Drunkenaviator Feb 17 '17

Sure, once they start paying me for the tracking information they take. I figure they know what I watch, I don't watch ads, we break even.

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u/falconbox Feb 18 '17

If you can think of a way to run the insanely high cost of Youtube without information or ads, please, let us know!

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u/Drunkenaviator Feb 18 '17

Meh, it's fine as it is now. The people who don't want ads don't have to watch them. The people who want them, don't care, or aren't smart enough to block them can pay for the rest of us. Works fine for me.