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

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

Google maintains that it restricts unskippable ads to a maximum of ... If you look at the image closely, you’ll notice a ‘skipping ads’ button on the bottom left, which gives us clues ...

By YouTube’s own admission, unskippable ads are supposed to ... While I myself have gotten hour-long ads before, a skip button has always appeared for them. I reached out to YouTube myself ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours.

unskippable ads, or that the ad blocker itself is blocking the display of the 'Skip' button. In response to this, YouTube denied that it 'serves unskippable ads that last for minutes or hours ...

Some users report that YouTube is showing unskippable ads that are hours ... At the bottom left corner of the screen we see a Skipping ads button. This points to the user using an ad blocker ...

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.

Valve makes clear companies can still advertise in games. Those awkward billboards and real-world brand cosmetics are still ...