Hours of unskippable ads show up for some YouTube users, and Google confirms why
https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-hours-continuous-ads-google-says-not-bug/
>YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, jsut to deter users with adblockers.
Lmao my ad blocking setup is working fine.
>Google is cracking down on freeloaders by showing excessively long ads to promote premium subscriptions.
That's hilarious. It's been years since I've seen an ad on YouTube.
>YouTube is emphasizing the importance of ads to support creators.
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@j
Step 1. Adblock
Step 2. Watch via mpv
Step 3. Download via yt-dlp
Step 4. ???
Step 5. Profit
They really don't seem to get it. The reason people do all this is because the ads they serve have become more obnoxious, more intrusive, and more stupid than TV ads. (not to mention the borderline illegal or scam ones).
I do remember the days when I was using an adblock extension, but I consciously chose to disable it for YouTube because the ads were tolerable, and I appreciated the site for what it offered.
I know what they could actually do to force people to watch ads, but it seems they're still too stupid to figure it out or implement it. They need to directly inject the ads into the video stream.
@coolboymew @j I'm getting the same repetitive issue in Europe, but I just assumed the ad market is small here, so there won't be much variety. And since US is bigger, this particular issue with internet ads might be just localized here. But maybe it's more common than I though.
