Poll of the Day > YouTube's 15 second unskippable ads...

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LinkPizza
03/16/18 10:36:27 PM
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I don't like them...
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TheOrangeMisfit
03/16/18 10:42:35 PM
#2:


all of youtube's ads are skippable
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Kungfu Kenobi
03/16/18 10:48:24 PM
#3:


I try to keep Youtube whitelisted because most of the people I watch deserve the ad revenue (and I can't support them all on Patreon), but Google is not making that easy.
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wwinterj25
03/16/18 10:49:06 PM
#4:


What ads?
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LinkPizza
03/16/18 11:01:49 PM
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TheOrangeMisfit posted...
all of youtube's ads are skippable

It's there are longer than 15 seconds, you can skip after 5...

Kungfu Kenobi posted...
I try to keep Youtube whitelisted because most of the people I watch deserve the ad revenue (and I can't support them all on Patreon), but Google is not making that easy.

Yeah. There are some people I wish I could support. I also want to support a podcast group, too. But I'm not rich.
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ssj4supervegeta
03/16/18 11:07:19 PM
#6:


i hate that i keep getting 3-4 minute long ads. sure they're skippable but if i have something up on the tv i dont feel like getting up to hit skip. it's like they WANT me to use adblock
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Zeus
03/16/18 11:14:46 PM
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Youtube's longer, unskippable ads were one of the biggest reasons why I finally caved and ad-blocked. And a lot of the channels I watch are pretty indifferent about funding, with some having never bothered using ads (although YT automatically places them due to third-party claims on some reviews) and others being pretty low-key about it.
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LinkPizza
03/16/18 11:19:05 PM
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I don't mind the skippable ones because my mouse is usually right next to me. But the 15 second ones kinda suck. I usually get those on my phone at work, though. Which is why it bothers me...
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wwinterj25
03/16/18 11:32:15 PM
#9:


If you're not using ad block programs such as ublock then you really shouldn't be complaining about ads.
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Mead
03/16/18 11:42:39 PM
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TheOrangeMisfit posted...
all of youtube's ads are skippable

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LinkPizza
03/16/18 11:44:34 PM
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Mead posted...
TheOrangeMisfit posted...
all of youtube's ads are skippable

I guess not many people get the unskippable ones...
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ArvTheGreat
03/16/18 11:53:22 PM
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wow 15 seconds people can't hold their jollies for 15 seconds
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LinkPizza
03/16/18 11:58:02 PM
#13:


ArvTheGreat posted...
wow 15 seconds people can't hold their jollies for 15 seconds

Didn't say they were the end of the world. Just that I don't like them.
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Zeus
03/17/18 12:00:29 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
Mead posted...
TheOrangeMisfit posted...
all of youtube's ads are skippable

I guess not many people get the unskippable ones...


Or they're referring to the ability to adblock >_>
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LinkPizza
03/17/18 12:04:03 AM
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Zeus posted...
LinkPizza posted...
Mead posted...
TheOrangeMisfit posted...
all of youtube's ads are skippable

I guess not many people get the unskippable ones...


Or they're referring to the ability to adblock >_>

Ah. I see. I see...
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LinkPizza
03/17/18 3:27:24 AM
#16:


Now I got a 49 second unskippable ad! WTF?!?!
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Zeus
03/17/18 5:07:07 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
Now I got a 49 second unskippable ad! WTF?!?!


Somebody on here once mentioned that if you actually sit through the ads they just start giving you longer ads. (Well, I *think* it was here.)
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AllstarSniper32
03/17/18 5:49:43 AM
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I have no shame or remorse for using UBlock. Very rarely do I turn it off just to view a site. In fact, if a site has one of those popups that happen when you're using an adblocker, I stop going to their site until the ad blocker gets around that.

I hate ads.
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Yellow
03/17/18 6:01:32 AM
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If you get unskippable ads you have to either

A) Get ublock
B) Close the tab so Google's algorithms don't see you stay and watch 15 second ads
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VioletZer0
03/17/18 6:06:48 AM
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How much of a hurry are you in that you don't have 15 seconds
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JebronLames
03/17/18 6:19:36 AM
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i mute the ads immediately when i see them, don't see how everyone doesn't do this, almost all of em are irritating
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LinkPizza
03/17/18 9:42:39 AM
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VioletZer0 posted...
How much of a hurry are you in that you don't have 15 seconds

When I'm just trying to watch a couple videos that are only a couple minutes long, it sucks to have to keep waiting 15 seconds every like minute or two. As I said before, not the end of the world, but still annoying. And now with this 49 second ad, I don't want to wait nearly a minute before watching a video not that much longer...
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Solid Sonic
03/17/18 9:54:08 AM
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I gave in and bought YouTube Red around the time I bought a Samsung tablet. I cant do anything about YouTube ads on a device and its ESPECIALLY aggravating when an ad barrels in at completely arbitrary point in the video.
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Kyuubi4269
03/17/18 9:56:56 AM
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Solid Sonic posted...
I gave in and bought YouTube Red around the time I bought a Samsung tablet. I cant do anything about YouTube ads on a device and its ESPECIALLY aggravating when an ad barrels in at completely arbitrary point in the video.

You are the problem.
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JebronLames
03/17/18 10:06:55 AM
#25:


Solid Sonic posted...
I gave in and bought YouTube Red around the time I bought a Samsung tablet. I cant do anything about YouTube ads on a device and its ESPECIALLY aggravating when an ad barrels in at completely arbitrary point in the video.

just mute the video immediately
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SilentSeph
03/17/18 12:44:14 PM
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I don't mind ads that are skippable after 5 seconds. They are annoying but I can deal with them. But yesterday I got two ads that were a minute long and unskippable so yeah fuck that. Adblock all the way.
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jramirez23
03/17/18 12:50:26 PM
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Have any of you ever seen YouTube videos that are on the longer side, AND they have ads interspersed throughout the video as if you were just watching TV?
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Solid Sonic
03/17/18 12:56:38 PM
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jramirez23 posted...
Have any of you ever seen YouTube videos that are on the longer side, AND they have ads interspersed throughout the video as if you were just watching TV?

The problem is TV ads are built into the program so there are natural breaks and things are scripted around that.

On YouTube ads just get shoehorned into the video. They interrupt the flow abruptly and painfully to show you an ad. I had enough of that.
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RCtheWSBC
03/17/18 1:02:45 PM
#29:


Adblock for Youtube, homie. It only sucks when I'm watching on my Roku and forgot how blessed I am on my computer.
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Muffinz0rz
03/17/18 1:06:57 PM
#30:


imagine browsing the internet in 2018 without some form of adblock
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Solid Sonic
03/17/18 1:10:28 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
Adblock for Youtube, homie. It only sucks when I'm watching on my Roku and forgot how blessed I am on my computer.

Exactly, THAT'S why I had to pay the Google mafia. On a PC they can go screw themselves but there are times I'm using YouTube through a non-PC and in those instances, it all goes to pieces without another way out.
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RCtheWSBC
03/17/18 1:16:24 PM
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Solid Sonic posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
Adblock for Youtube, homie. It only sucks when I'm watching on my Roku and forgot how blessed I am on my computer.

Exactly, THAT'S why I had to pay the Google mafia. On a PC they can go screw themselves but there are times I'm using YouTube through a non-PC and in those instances, it all goes to pieces without another way out.

Yeah, I can only pay for so many subscriptions. Youtube ain't there for me yet.
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ForteXX
03/17/18 1:56:43 PM
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Google was doing a free 3 month trial of Red for a while which I did and it caused me to keep it going. To be fair, it's not just for blocking ads. I download longer videos (a lot of people I watch are more just commentary than emphasis being on the video) and music at home and listen to them during longer car rides.

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Muffinz0rz
03/17/18 2:02:50 PM
#34:


ForteXX posted...
YouTube is basically my Netflix (I cancelled that years ago) so I'm not really paying anymore than your average person that has Netflix/Hulu.

does youtube red have full episodes of shows?
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ForteXX
03/17/18 2:06:00 PM
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Muffinz0rz posted...
ForteXX posted...
YouTube is basically my Netflix (I cancelled that years ago) so I'm not really paying anymore than your average person that has Netflix/Hulu.

does youtube red have full episodes of shows?

No, but there isn't one show on Netflix (or on TV period) I care about, I spend what would be TV time for other people watching YouTube, so why not get no ads and the ability to legitamately download everything and anything?
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PK_Spam
03/17/18 2:08:24 PM
#36:


Ive been watching a lot of YouTube lately on my PS3, and the longest ads Ive been forced to watch were 15 seconds. There longer ones were skippable after only 5 seconds, so i dont mind it. Honestly, if I were watching regular tv, Id be waiting MUCH longer. At least I can directly support the people making the video essays I binge
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Muffinz0rz
03/17/18 2:18:47 PM
#37:


ForteXX posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...
ForteXX posted...
YouTube is basically my Netflix (I cancelled that years ago) so I'm not really paying anymore than your average person that has Netflix/Hulu.

does youtube red have full episodes of shows?

No, but there isn't one show on Netflix (or on TV period) I care about, I spend what would be TV time for other people watching YouTube, so why not get no ads and the ability to legitamately download everything and anything?

fair
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LinkPizza
03/17/18 3:32:56 PM
#38:


SilentSeph posted...
I don't mind ads that are skippable after 5 seconds. They are annoying but I can deal with them. But yesterday I got two ads that were a minute long and unskippable so yeah fuck that. Adblock all the way.

That's how I feel...

Solid Sonic posted...
jramirez23 posted...
Have any of you ever seen YouTube videos that are on the longer side, AND they have ads interspersed throughout the video as if you were just watching TV?

The problem is TV ads are built into the program so there are natural breaks and things are scripted around that.

On YouTube ads just get shoehorned into the video. They interrupt the flow abruptly and painfully to show you an ad. I had enough of that.

This. It will happen whenever. Sometimes, but in the middle of a sentence...

RCtheWSBC posted...
Solid Sonic posted...
RCtheWSBC posted...
Adblock for Youtube, homie. It only sucks when I'm watching on my Roku and forgot how blessed I am on my computer.

Exactly, THAT'S why I had to pay the Google mafia. On a PC they can go screw themselves but there are times I'm using YouTube through a non-PC and in those instances, it all goes to pieces without another way out.

Yeah, I can only pay for so many subscriptions. Youtube ain't there for me yet.

Same. I can only have so many subscriptions. Haha.
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