YouTube confirms hour-long unskippable ads target ad blocker users, marking significant escalation in platform's fight ...

Android Authority's survey shows a clear discrepancy between Google's claims about unskippable ads on YouTube and what users ...

By YouTube’s own admission, unskippable ads are supposed to be limited to 15-seconds (or up to 60 seconds ... sent me a response that reads much like the one given to Android Authority, but ...

Ads are a part of life now, and they permeate our internet experience. This is especially true for people who use YouTube for free. Users are subject to the obligatory 15-second unskippable ads ...

Normally, unskippable ads on YouTube are limited to 15 seconds in duration. However, Google admits that they’re making an effort to identify ad-blocking users and discourage them from using ad ...

Google maintains that it restricts unskippable ads to a maximum of 15 seconds on mobile and 60 seconds on TV. Update: January 27, 2025 (10:14 PM ET): We’ve heard back from Google, and the company ...

Since around January 2025, there have been a series of reports of YouTube displaying unskippable ads that last for several hours. Since these ads are being displayed to users of 'ad blockers' that ...