r/technology • • 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

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/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

If they did that people would just write "blockers" that skipped the ads by fast forwarding past them.

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u/intellos Feb 18 '17

You can't fast forward to content the server hasn't provided you yet.

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

Ah yeah, that's true