YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, jsut to deter users with adblockers. Google is cracking down ...

YouTube users have reported encountering excessively long, un-skippable ads, with some lasting between 57 minutes to 3 hours. Screenshots shared on Reddit even show ads longer than the actual video ...

But if you’re willing to put a bit of effort in you can stop a large chunk of YouTube ads from making it to your own computers and smartphones. [Eric] is setting up this adblocking system on his ...

While YouTube maintains it doesn't serve hour-long ads, that might be true for regular viewers who would watch it rather than pay a subscription fee. However, the aggressively long ads might be a ...

The results are similar to ones that Precise and Giraffe released last year, when the groups found that 60 percent of teens ...

Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up in an effort to extract (reclaim?) even more ad revenue from users.

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared ...

Google started a big fight against ad blocker use on YouTube a few years ago, which was perfectly understandable. YouTube is free for people who don’t want to pay for a Premium subscription ...

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. Google maintains that it ...

YouTube says it will start showing adverts on more videos - but won't necessarily pay the video-maker a cut. The company currently shares ad revenue with video-makers who are enrolled in its ...