Jan 28, 2025 · The biggest one, which we couldn’t verify, is a claim to have seen a 90-hour unskippable ad. Android Authority reports that Google has confirmed a crackdown on YouTube users who use ad...

Jan 26, 2025 · YouTube has served hourlong unskippable ads to some people, which is a perfect excuse to use an ad blocker.

Jan 27, 2025 · Over the past week, Redditors have been sharing screenshots showing that they’ve been served ads with runtimes as long as three hours, with no skip button in sight—and that's to watch videos that...

Jan 28, 2025 · Some users speculated that YouTube could be detecting ad blockers and responding by serving unusually long, unskippable ads as a deterrent. Others suggested that the ad blockers themselves might be malfunctioning, blocking the "Skip" button while failing to prevent the ads from playing.

It's easy to assume that this is YouTube's big ploy to get people to subscribe to its ad-free Premium plan. After all, what better way to encourage people to pay than to serve hours-long ads...

Google confirmed today that YouTube users who employ ad blockers may encounter extremely long unskippable advertisements, some lasting nearly an hour, as part of the company’s escalating efforts...

Jan 28, 2025 · There's a clear discrepancy between Google's claims about unskippable ads on YouTube and what users are actually witnessing. We recently reported about a few bizarre cases of YouTube viewers...

Jan 29, 2025 · Google has intensified its crackdown on YouTube ad blocker users by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours.

Hi all, in light of recent changes to unskippable 30 sec ads I have decided to simply boycott everything I see as an unskippable ad and thought I might share this approach with everyone trying to keep youtube watchable.

Jun 3, 2024 · Instagram is testing “ad breaks” that force you to stop and look at an ad for a period of time before you can continue scrolling. Several X and Reddit users reported seeing the feature, and...