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That's not quite right. While you can get ads that are 15 minutes long they can always be skipped within 5 seconds. That's not even comparable to television.

kabacha 8y ago
I've gotten some 20+ seconds unskipable ads. That's the moment when I simply switched to MPV for watching youtube videos as the ads keep squeezing through every adblock filter I've tried once in a while.
- sosodev 8y ago
  Perhaps I should have worded my statement a little differently. I meant that you can always skip the ads that are essentially entire videos.
freeflight 8y ago
That might be true, but one of my use-cases for YouTube is listening to music, over a tablet, while I shower So these 15-minute "ads" pretty much lead to the situation that halfway through my shower I won't be listening to music anymore, but rather some tutorial on how to best light a photoshoot or a "documentary" how Hezbollah is destroying Europe. Don't get me wrong here: They can have their ads, but throwing 15-minute ads between videos that average out at around 3-8 minutes just feels like a very bold choice. And it's not like watching that 15-minute ad means you won't be bothered by them for a while, you can watch it and after the next 3 minute song, there will be yet another ad.
- sosodev 8y ago
  Eh. YouTube isn't a very good platform for music, and it's even worse if you aren't paying for the premium service. Why wouldn't you use something like Spotify?
- EpicEng 8y ago
  If your use case is using a video streaming service to listen to music then perhaps you should consider using something else instead of fighting against the tide. Don't get me wrong, I do the same from time to time, but typically when I listen to music I'm not loading up YouTube...
  - freeflight 8y ago
    The dynamic playlists actually make YouTube a pretty decent music streaming service. I can find a song I like and just create a "mix" out of it, featuring similar songs, with just 1 click. Having the actual music video with the music is also a very nice extra, some of these can make a song like 10 times as good. If the YouTube premium wouldn't be so expensive (asking 16€ per month over here) I'd already signed up just for getting ad-free music.
pound 8y ago
not _always_ There are ads on Youtube that cannot be skipped, and they can be much longer than 5-6 seconds.

kabacha 8y ago

I've gotten some 20+ seconds unskipable ads. That's the moment when I simply switched to MPV for watching youtube videos as the ads keep squeezing through every adblock filter I've tried once in a while.

sosodev 8y ago
Perhaps I should have worded my statement a little differently. I meant that you can always skip the ads that are essentially entire videos.

freeflight 8y ago

That might be true, but one of my use-cases for YouTube is listening to music, over a tablet, while I shower So these 15-minute "ads" pretty much lead to the situation that halfway through my shower I won't be listening to music anymore, but rather some tutorial on how to best light a photoshoot or a "documentary" how Hezbollah is destroying Europe. Don't get me wrong here: They can have their ads, but throwing 15-minute ads between videos that average out at around 3-8 minutes just feels like a very bold choice. And it's not like watching that 15-minute ad means you won't be bothered by them for a while, you can watch it and after the next 3 minute song, there will be yet another ad.

sosodev 8y ago
Eh. YouTube isn't a very good platform for music, and it's even worse if you aren't paying for the premium service. Why wouldn't you use something like Spotify?
EpicEng 8y ago
If your use case is using a video streaming service to listen to music then perhaps you should consider using something else instead of fighting against the tide. Don't get me wrong, I do the same from time to time, but typically when I listen to music I'm not loading up YouTube...
- freeflight 8y ago
  The dynamic playlists actually make YouTube a pretty decent music streaming service. I can find a song I like and just create a "mix" out of it, featuring similar songs, with just 1 click. Having the actual music video with the music is also a very nice extra, some of these can make a song like 10 times as good. If the YouTube premium wouldn't be so expensive (asking 16€ per month over here) I'd already signed up just for getting ad-free music.

pound 8y ago

not _always_ There are ads on Youtube that cannot be skipped, and they can be much longer than 5-6 seconds.