For years, many YouTube users have relied on ad blockers to avoid interruptions while watching videos. But Google has found a ...

Ads that are 60, or even 120 minutes long on YouTube: and the best part is that they can't be skipped. I guess we've reached the lower circles of hell now.

Google has denied reports that it’s serving unskippable ads that last for minutes or even hours to some YouTube users who ...

Google started a big fight against ad blocker use on YouTube a few years ago, which was perfectly understandable. YouTube is free for people who don’t want to pay for a Premium subscription ...

In one of the linked photos above ... playback open (whatever that means). If you notice an unskippable multi-hour ad on YouTube, try disabling your ad blocker to see if that fixes the problem.

Reddit user Lin1ex has complained about a long unskippable ad, with a duration of just about 58 minutes. Many users in the comments mentioned they also get ads that are as disturbingly long. One user ...

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

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 blockers.

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme ...

YouTube is facing backlash over an aggressive tactic targeting free-tier users who use ad blockers. Despite offering a free, ...

YouTube is taking an aggressive stance against adblockers in 2025, rolling out unskippable ads that sometimes last longer than the videos users intend to ...