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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 71 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

They keep trying. The adblockers keep winning. I've had my fair share of videos sometimes not loading, or regularly needing to update apps to keep up with Google's latest bullshit, but the minor glitches and headaches are worth it for all the time I don't spend staring at a greyed out skip button.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure several engineers from google itself might be contributors to some of them, fortunately.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago

That genuinely would not surprise me in the slightest.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

All you have to do is close the window every time they try that bullshit and that shows up in stats. Get enough people doing it and they’ll back off