As such, it may only affect people who are using YouTube with an ad blocker. It's likely that whatever the ad blocker is doing to skip the ad isn't firing properly and instead lea ...

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

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

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.

even more ad revenue from users. On Reddit, one user on the r/youtube subreddit showed a screenshot of a 58-minute unskippable ad, which then prompted commenters to share their own experiences of ...

unskippable ads in the first place. "YouTube does not serve minutes-long, non-skippable ads," I was told. The company also said "Viewers with ad blockers may experience a suboptimal viewing ...

YouTube maintains that it does not intentionally serve unskippable ads that are minutes long, let alone an hour. Original article, January 24, 2025 (10:31 AM ET): Most of us hate YouTube ads at this ...

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 response to this, YouTube denied that it 'serves unskippable ads that last for minutes or hours,' and pointed out that unskippable ads are usually limited to 15 seconds in length. 'Non ...

Google has responded after a YouTube viewer went viral on Reddit showing a 60-minute unskippable ad on a video.

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 ...