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I believe you could skip them but yes when my kid watches YouTube occasionally these ads/clips will come to view and some could be 30 mins
YouTube on Roku extraordinarily long unskippable adds
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My mom watched an add (skippable) that showed various mountainous nature and people performing various forms of extreme sports combining skiing and BASE jumping amongst other things, interviewing them on food snd equipment at base camp and competitions that went on 30-45 minutes like an extreme sports tv show..
Only at the very end did a popular energy drink logo and jingle flash up. My guess is every thing they ate, drank, wore, climbed with, skiied with, slept in, locations / venues they were in was product placement.
Stupid health products also can have hour+ adds that can be skipped or paused but not fast forwarded or reversed
This is the first time I’ve seen the skip greyed out on a long video
Skip was there but greyed out which is what happens until you watch the minimum duration but the duration left maxed out
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If your mom knows her way around a laptop, you could install Ublock Origin on a browser and then screen mirror to the Roku. As a plus, the interface on a browser is a lot less clunky than Roku's apps.
Screen Mirroring instructions from Roku
Screen Mirroring instructions from Roku
While, yes, they do have to make money, they have gone beyond that. They made an obscene amount of money the old way but want to make even more. They would mine you for rare earth minerals if it would make the profit go up a tiny amount.
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And our children
But that is how it works. If you are not growing then you are shrinking. Profits need to go ip every year.
At work, our former ceo would remind us that if we didn’t grow at least 5% per year then we were not doing well. Inflation eats up a portion—you have to grow in excess of inflation.
Can someone explain how YT / Google can be so sophisticated in their analysis and metrics (or so they say) but when I'm watching a video of a guy discussing the differential oil for his '70 Charger, YT throws up a quick ad for some sort of Olay body wash or perfume?
I see junk like this all the time when I'm watching obviously guy / technical video's. Is there really no better or more appropriate ad they could run? Some outfit selling car parts maybe?
I watch some IPTV using various KODI apps, I watch old episodes of Wheeler Dealers or Chasing Classic Cars on a UK channel (Quest). Same thing - garbage ads, nothing appropriate for the content.
Attitudes like that are the problem. Their profits increase in excess of inflation every year while employees pay doesn't exceed inflation in addition to increasing consumer revenue through cost increases.
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- The advertiser probably has a demographic that they are trying to target, they might have gotten the wrong audience.
- YT starting throwing advertising to less likely demographics due to saturating the previous demographic.
- This is some type of A/B testing.
- Your watch history (Golden Girls)
triggered an opportunity for the advertiser. - Are you sharing your account with your wife or is this on a TV where you watch a wide range of content?
- Google's advertising is their bread and butter and a highly sophisticated machine, these are just guesses.
Sounds like it. I have an older Panasonic blu-ray player that had a YouTube app on it. It only let you play but not search throughout the video which my Samsung does.
YouTube neighbor influencer chick has tapped his wifi
- The advertiser probably has a demographic that they are trying to target, they might have gotten the wrong audience.
- YT starting throwing advertising to less likely demographics due to saturating the previous demographic.
- This is some type of A/B testing.
- Your watch history (Golden Girls)
- Are you sharing your account with your wife or is this on a TV where you watch a wide range of content?
- Google's advertising is their bread and butter and a highly sophisticated machine, these are just guesses.
Pretty sure it’s already active. I’ve noticed for at least 3-4 months at least that right at the point the videos get really good, they immediately cut to a commercial just before the part you’re waiting to see.
Without growing like that, they will be unable to do R&D to find the next big thing. They may get gobbled up by a larger company, and when that happens, layoffs follow--duplicate jobs get cut. Competition shrinks when there are less players in the field.
It's a dog eat dog world.
They definitely do. I've advanced through a video and at the point I stopped it displayed "most watched" or something to that effect.Pretty sure it’s already active. I’ve noticed for at least 3-4 months at least that right at the point the videos get really good, they immediately cut to a commercial just before the part you’re waiting to see.
Part of it is how the creator sets the advertising/monetization for a video. I believe it can be none/mid/maximum. Videos also have to beat least some number of minutes to get revenue (it seems to be around 10 minutes) - tbat's why so many videos seem to drag on before getting to the point.
Also, on live streams the advertising can be enabled or disabled on the fly. I watch a lot of rocket launches and YT invariably will interrupt at key moments (liftoff!). This happened on one launch and the creator said he had turned off ad interruptions but YT did it anyway.
Finally some videos don't have ads. A/V Geeks does a 1 hour 'lunch" show weekdays with zero ads - both live or when replayed afterward.
Yeah, but we have to be honest.
It's the fiduciary responsibility of the corporation to its share holders in most all cases these publicly traded companies to produce maximum returns. Its why common people (and all others) invest in them. If they dont return profits, someone else will and the other company will be negligent to its shareholders.
We live in a free market, no one has to pay for entertainment who doesn't want to.
It's a service and for over a decade (guessing 15 years maybe) my TV bill has never been over $30 a month and for the first decade not over $20 a month. We have unlimited options to watch movies and entertainment. TV antenna for local stuff/news. Roku player with Netflex (less than $20 a month) Peacock less than $5 a month, Hulu $1.99 a month
Free Paramount + with Walmart+ customer. A few times a year we take up Amazon Prime at a cost of $1.99 for a month and usually FREE around the holidays. Also free trials (pr stupid low cost) of Apple TV at least once a year for a few months.
But most rather just pay someone else to figure it out. We have so much TV entertainment it's stupid and cant keep track of everything. Most of our viewing is a recent good movie every night OR a good limited series.
Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine. If people wouldnt pay, prices would come down, no one is forced.
PS. I will never support googles YouTube with any type of payment. I have noticed (free version) YouTube commercials getting more frequent. I dont watch shows on YouTube but I do at times watch reviews on products when the ads get to frequent or long. I click out of YouTube. They dont want me as a viewer but they know darn well others will not have the will power to stop.
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I get ones in German, Italian or Spanish sometimes too.
That's because you really are Sumboodie
That still doesn't sound right. Even if using their free-tier service, there is no way YouTube is going to hold a viewer hostage to make them watch a 20-30 minute advertisement and ONLY that advertisement.
I have Roku. Just hit back and the add will end.
Easiest way to keep track of videos you like is subscribe to those channels - then all the new ones from those creators show up in your feed.
At least YouTube Premium is literally zero adds. Netflix and Prime have the occasional add even with the full "no add" package.
I pay the $15 Premium. Youtube became unwatchable without it. You can also download videos with Premium. So you can download podcasts and listen to the audio in the car or wherever also.
Easiest way to keep track of videos you like is subscribe to those channels - then all the new ones from those creators show up in your feed.
At least YouTube Premium is literally zero adds. Netflix and Prime have the occasional add even with the full "no add" package.
I pay the $15 Premium. Youtube became unwatchable without it. You can also download videos with Premium. So you can download podcasts and listen to the audio in the car or wherever also.
