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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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[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

It's not that bad if you add uBlock, Sponsorblock, DeArrow and NoYoutubeShorts.

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[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Do Vanced et al even have Sponsorblock functionality?

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[–] raina@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Revanced does, that's how I was introduced to it. And the UI is more polished than the Sponsorblock browser extension.

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[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 6 months ago

Nice. I might try it!

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