YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay for Music

andrew-lucker wrote: post #2

Has anyone else encountered the 25 minute ads? Mine was a full episode of some home-improvement show sponsored by Lowes.

I got one ad that was 10 minutes and couldn't be skipped. I said, yeah screw that noise, copy/paste youtube-dl url

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Post by redcap » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:48 PM UTC

I listen to Youtube fairly extensively while working, but don't get any ads because I have an ad blocker.

I don't even get "you have an ad-blocker installed" warnings...

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Post by jesseb » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:48 PM UTC

andrew-lucker wrote: post #2

Has anyone else encountered the 25 minute ads? Mine was a full episode of some home-improvement show sponsored by Lowes.

I've encountered one 25 minute ad on YouTube, I don't recall what it was for though. I laughed and reloaded the page, and off to the races.

I've also encountered a number that range in the 5-10 minute range. I don't use YouTube very often, so I'm not sure how regularly these occur.

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Post by nkkollaw » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:49 PM UTC

The other day I forgot to re-enable my ad blocker after testing a site, and I'm amazed that anyone can even use YouTube without blocking the ads (let alone enjoy it).

I literally have no idea why anyone would go through that to watch a 5-minute video.

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Post by nkkollaw » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:50 PM UTC

mitchty wrote: post #4

andrew-lucker wrote: post #2

Has anyone else encountered the 25 minute ads? Mine was a full episode of some home-improvement show sponsored by Lowes.

I got one ad that was 10 minutes and couldn't be skipped. I said, yeah screw that noise, copy/paste youtube-dl url

Why don't you install an adblocker, which will block the ads for you?

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Post by phinnaeus » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:50 PM UTC

golem14 wrote: post #3

If true, would it be different than the NPR pledge drives, really ?

I think the 'P' in NPR is the biggest difference.

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Post by draw_down » Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:51 PM UTC

redcap wrote: post #5

I listen to Youtube fairly extensively while working, but don't get any ads because I have an ad blocker. I don't even get "you have an ad-blocker installed" warnings...

Uh huh.