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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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If you grew up with commercial TV, not only is the frequency of ads on youtube bad, but the placement--in the middle of a sentence or a scene--is mentally and emotionally destructive.
The worst is when you're watching something emotionally charged (pissed off or funny as fuck) they'll put an ad exactly when the video hits you