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

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

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t think it had prerolls during the flash days but it had banner ads as far back as I can remember

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Well, no. It’s been losing money for years. But I doubt this will make it profitable.

      • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        People started doing it professionally when the ad money came in. Before that people did it for the love of the content, and it was lower production quality, but better content.