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, but ...

YouTube continues its war on ad blockers, recently showing a notice that confirms videos are slightly slowed down for ad blocker users, while the platform is preparing for longer ad formats. Earlier ...

YouTube introduced a feature tailored for connected TV (CTV) that serves non-skippable assets across an advertiser’s in-stream inventory at its annual Brandcast event, held this week. The ads, Video ...

YouTube users are experiencing extremely long, unskippable ads, sometimes up to an hour long. There’s a good chance that ad blockers might be contributing to the issue. Google maintains that it ...

Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up in an effort to extract (reclaim?) even more ad revenue from users. On ...

Google has been taking its crusade against adblockers to a whole new level lately, and users are speculating that unskippable multi-hour ads are its latest weapon. Over the past week, Redditors have ...

Instagram has been testing one of its most controversial features yet: unskippable ads. The new feature, called Ad Breaks, will interrupt the user's browsing experience for 3-5 seconds before they can ...

Instagram seems to be getting more ads, and these are even worse than the old ones. Credit: picture alliance/getty images Meta's Instagram has concocted a new way to keep you from doomscrolling, but ...