YouTube has once again shattered ad revenue records, generating a staggering $10.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks a 13.8% year-over-year increase, fueled largely by political ...

YouTube users are experiencing ... users have been getting really long, unskippable ads, long enough to question whether the video after the ad is even worth it. Reddit user Lin1ex has complained ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

A few strange instances of YouTube users witnessing hour-long, unskippable advertisements were recently covered by Android ...

Despite its massive user base ... freeloaders last year, YouTube is stepping up its efforts in 2025, making viewers with adblockers sit through hours of unskippable ads. Even though ads are ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours. In 2024, YouTube had ...

Out of the 501 user grievances Prime Video received in December, it disposed of 455, leaving 46 remaining at the end of the month. As for Netflix, the streaming major disposed of 28 complaints out ...

On Reddit, an Instagram user shared that they had been sent advertisements with their own likeness. "Used Meta AI to edit a selfie," they wrote. "Now instagram is using my face on ads targeted at me." ...

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 ...

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

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 ...