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 ...

YouTube confirms hour-long unskippable ads target ad blocker users, marking significant escalation in platform's fight against blocking software.

Some users are seeing hour-long unskippable ads on YouTube. No, seriously… an hour. I wouldn’t blame anyone if they resorted to ad blockers after dealing with that sort of nightmare.

YouTube ads are getting more frustrating, with some users reporting unskippable ads that are nearly an hour long. Are ad blockers to blame?

Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Users with ad blockers are reporting seeing hourslong unskippable ads. Google has denied reports that it’s serving ...

“When I get a 17-minute unskippable ad on a 5-minute video, that is ridiculous ... Okay, I haven’t seen any hour-long unskippable ads lately, but it’s not uncommon with 3-4 ads of ...

The company has introduced a new strategy: extremely long, unskippable ads. Users report encountering ads lasting over an hour, with some claiming durations as long as three hours. There are even ...

Since around January 2025, there have been a series of reports of YouTube displaying unskippable ads that last for several hours. Since these ads are being displayed to users of 'ad blockers' that ...

Some users report that YouTube is showing unskippable ads that are hours long. At this point, it’s tough to guess who the culprit is in this scenario. There are also some reports that come ...

YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, just to deter users with adblockers. Google is cracking down on freeloaders by showing excessively long ads to promote premium ...

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.