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I skip all YouTube adverts that are longer than 15 seconds and never click on any advert when searching. I am probably considered "commercially unviable", even
by madiathomas 7y ago
I skip all YouTube adverts that are longer than 15 seconds and never click on any advert when searching. I am probably considered "commercially unviable", even though a company I own 100%, pays Google thousands of dollars every year to use Google Suite and Google Cloud Engine. I don't see a reason for my personal account to be commercially viable.
- varelaz 7y agoGoogle uses CPM or even kind of vCPM model for videos mostly AFAIK, so if you see more than 5 seconds of the ad, advertisers will pay for it.
- madiathomas 7y agoThen I am a profitable user then.
- PuffinBlue 7y agoPretty sure it's 30 seconds before it's counted as an add view. Those un-skippable under 30 seconds are always paid.
- madiathomas 7y agoWhen I encounter an unskippable advert, I refresh the browser or report it as inapprporiate. I don't want to be forced to watch an advert.
- vkizl 7y agoI haven't watched an ad on youtube in like ten years. They are probably very upset at me.
- madiathomas 7y agoUnfortunately I watch YouTube on a smart TV. I have no way of blocking their adverts. I can only wait for skip button and skip.
- lberk 7y agoWould something like pihole not work in this case?
- madiathomas 7y agoLet me try that and see how it goes. Let me go and install it.
- lavios 7y agoPihole does not block YouTube Ads. You can use Smart Youtube TV to watch ad free YouTube on your TV. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV
- madiathomas 7y agoThank you lavios. I will install it later.
- Maxion 7y agoKeep in mind that not all advertisement is made with the intent of the ad watcher clicking the ad and purchasing a product immediately. The larger brands especially do a lot of share of mind advertising where the goal is simply to make you aware of / remind you of the brand.
- madiathomas 7y agoThen they must make their adverts smaller. 5-10 seconds is enough to remind me there is a soft drink brand called Coca-Cola.