YouTube increases the number of ads as a means to sustain the platform itself and financially support the creators present. While ads are certainly annoying, YouTube certainly has no intention of reducing them. Even on Samsung devices, you can easily see five or more ads before you get to the content you actually want to watch.
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Several users are currently reporting that they are seeing 5-10 unskippable ads in a row, even before the video actually starts. Generally, these ads only last under six seconds so far, so you usually won't spend more than a minute of wasted time watching them. However, it is possible that the length of advertisements will increase over time. Fortunately, longer ads still have the option of being skipped after the set time has elapsed. YouTube refers to these ads as "bumper ads", but has not yet officially confirmed their increase.
hmm...this may happen with a certain type of ad format called bumper ads, since they're only up to 6 seconds long. if you'd like, you can send feedback directly from YouTube via the send feedback tool
- TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) September 7, 2022
Na Reddit in addition, you will also find several threads in which it is written that in YouTube advertising spots, longer advertising videos are often displayed within a few minutes of the watched content. What's worse is that the number of these experiences among users is constantly increasing, so it can be seen that this strategy of Google is spreading more and more around the world. So, it's time to prepare for the fact that soon we will see more ads than content on this platform. Of course, it's also a clear push for users to buy a subscription.
Maybe it really is high time to move to another platform.
A) skate in their user policy
B) a creative approach to copyright
C) publicity
It's been a good 15 years, but papa…
And do you have an alternative? Please advise, TikTok is not the answer :-).