“Just opened a YouTube video and was met with 6 seconds of unskippable nothingness (most likely an ad that was blocked by ublock origin), this seems to suggest that they’ll now inject the ads ...

Jan 30, 2025 10:39:00 After ad blocker users were shown unskippable ads for nearly three hours, YouTube said it 'did not set up such ads' Since around January 2025, there have been a series of ...

Conversely, if you see unskippable hourlong ads in your YouTube experience, you should just reload the page, which will hopefully fix the problem. 60 minute un-skipable ad by u/Lin1ex in youtube ...

Experiencing YouTube interruptions? Using an ad blocker? Google keeps making its platform worse for people who don’t suffer through ads ...

One of the internet’s simple pleasures is watching YouTube with an ad blocker. You can watch as many videos as you want without constant interruptions from obnoxiously, occasionally unskippable ...

Ads are a part of life now, and they permeate our internet experience. This is especially true for people who use YouTube for ...

She adds that when ad blockers are detected, the user is sent “repeated notifications” to either allow ads or subscribe to YouTube Premium, which is ad-free.

Without an ad blocker, you have two options: accept the existent of both skippable and unskippable ads before and during YouTube videos, or pay for YouTube Premium which costs $13.99 per month.

Video playback will be blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled.” Image Credits: u/Reddit_n_Me Another user posted a screenshot after YouTube blocked access to the video.

YouTube already sells ad space for two, 15-second ads that run together, so this change shouldn’t be too jarring. Variety reports that the new 30-second ads will first be released in the U.S ...