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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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When you see the long ad, just close the fuckin' browser window. Immediately. And then use something else.
They'll only get the point and change if you stop giving them your eyeballs for shit you don't wanna see.
youtube has ads?
Yeah, it is a great advertisement company, that lets you watch ads for free, but sometimes it shows videos that are not ads. I am glad that they are slowly patching up this issue. /s
might be hard to do if its a SMART TV/
Nobody in their right mind connects their TV to the internet. If they do, well they are already fucked.
Haven't seen a YouTube ad on TV in years. SmartTube works great.
It works somewhat on a TV. You can close and reopen the video until it starts without or just a 5s skippable ad.