Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleexternal-linkmessage-square228linkfedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1522arrow-down1external-linkYouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippableblog.googleBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square228linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareprojektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoHow will they be unskippable?
minus-squarekunaltyagi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoServer will not send you more video till you answer a survey correctly about the ad /s
minus-squareArt3mis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoCurrently, most of the 30 sec+ ads let you skip them after 5 seconds or so. Seems like that is going away. I dont think they are injecting ads directly into videos yet, so ad block should still work
minus-squareprojektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoSo they will be skippable :)
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago I dont think they are injecting ads directly into videos yet, so ad block should still work Weren’t they saying last year they will be doing that? did they delay it, or what happened?
minus-squareArt3mis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNo clue. Trying not to think about it. Ill be quitting cold turkey when that happens
How will they be unskippable?
Server will not send you more video till you answer a survey correctly about the ad /s
Currently, most of the 30 sec+ ads let you skip them after 5 seconds or so. Seems like that is going away. I dont think they are injecting ads directly into videos yet, so ad block should still work
So they will be skippable :)
Aye
Weren’t they saying last year they will be doing that? did they delay it, or what happened?
No clue. Trying not to think about it. Ill be quitting cold turkey when that happens