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- YouTube users are experiencing extremely long, unskippable ads, sometimes up to an hour long.
- There’s a good chance that ad blockers might be contributing to the issue.
- We’ve reached out to Google for comments.
Most of us hate YouTube ads at this point. What started off as minimal intrusion into the viewer experience has gradually become longer and more intrusive, to the point where many of us prefer just paying for YouTube Premium and never seeing another ad again. For some users, that isn’t a feasible option, so they have to make their peace with watching ads to support their favorite creators and the YouTube platform. Lately, however, 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 about a long unskippable ad, with a duration of just about 58 minutes.