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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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The day ad block stops working is the day I stop using sites with ads
I mean, I'm not.
For me it isn't the length, but the frequency that is bothering me. It's insain, it's like every 3-5 mins depending on the video length. It's unusable atleast in my case. Only watching from devices I have adblocker on now. Not my phone.
Like the other person commented, I use Firefox Plus adblocker on my phone and it's fine.
Why not use adblock on your phone too? Like Firefox+Adblock(FF allows addons like on desktop)
Can you run Firefox extensions on iPhone?
Pihole+ublock+privacy badger = win
Who’s these users? I have an ad blocker. It does the job.
maybe adblock is good
Firefox/Ublock origin + adguard DNS + sponsorblock. My personal devices are not billboards, and they haven't allowed ads in years
Edit: youtube revanced on Android. Sponsorblock has saved me over 4 hours since I reinstalled the app earlier this year
You should look I to Morphe now. Apparently main dev of ReVanced left and made it.
and smarttube for android tv. i had friends over "wait, youtube without ads is actually enjoyable???"
I just realised i haven't watched a single ad in like 2 years
Thanks ublock origin!
Whats youtube gonna do when everybody is using adblock and they run out of money
Stop funding their analytics department so that it's easier to "accidentally" mislead the ad services department into telling advertisers that people are totally still seeing ads and getting paid that way anyways. That'll prolong it for a bit
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
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Where?
Oh! On the web interface? n_n I don't use the web interface. It's video, so I use a video player. I see no ads, ~ if I do [like ads read out by the podcast host], I skip ahead.
on YouTube's TV app
That's where you went wrong. Come to the free software community. We can mend bugs (like malicious features (like ads)) with free software, being free to use, study, share & change the software.
if I do [like ads read out by the podcast host], I skip ahead.
That's what Sponsorblock is for. :)
Then there's me using Revanced and Unlock Origin
Also, if you have an Android TV you can use SmartTube there
quality of content that I've been seeing on YouTube in my feed has decreased or I have gotten bored. but either way I have made a point to stop visiting that website as much as possible
I need to get back into reading. my ability to maintain focus has deteriorated so severely in recent years that I can't even play a stupid video game anymore
"unskippable"
I haven't seen an ad on YouTube for years, with 2 simple browser plugins. Assuming you're on a PC:
Ublock Origin Sponsor Block
If you're using chrome, you already fucked up.
Better specify your browser: Firefox
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They did? They can't? I haven't noticed. 🤷
youtube usually rolls out "features" only for a smaller subset of users a time (to limit service disruptions and backlash), just because you are not affected yet does not mean that it will not affect you soonish
No, I don't see them and the day I cannot block ads anymore is the day I am going to stop using YouTube. It's really not that important to life.
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Use a vpn with exit node in albania. No ada and no forced sign in.
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