The YouTube mobile app is starting to hide its countdown timer and grayed-out skip button when it plays ads. The skip button now only surfaces after a user has watched a specific portion of the ad, ...

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After users on Reddit suggested YouTube is hiding the ‘skip' button that comes up during adverts, the video-sharing platform has confirmed it isn't removing or hiding the skip. It was in a Reddit ...

If you’re not a YouTube Premium subscriber, then you’re used to waiting with bated breath for the Skip Ads button to pop up. We’re all used to seeing the rather large rectangle on the bottom right of ...

Google makes the majority of its money through ads. That's not an industry secret. Since YouTube is a Google product with no admission fee, it is also not surprising that ads are the primary revenue ...