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YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

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YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why would I ever want to see youtube comments? Literally zero impact for me.

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[–] leoj@piefed.zip 6 points 6 months ago

was going to say, shoot I'm gonna install an adblocker just for that feature!

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

The one thing I like them for is nostalgic songs. Almost always a great vibe in the comments

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