The YouTube owner explains that normal non-skippable in-stream ads are limited to just 15 seconds in length. The company further acknowledges its efforts to detect users attempting to block ads, and its interest in discouraging them from the practice. If that still continues, Google reserves the right to disable playback. It emphasizes that this is a last-ditch response to the most incalcitrant ad blockers, but if that’s what it comes to, Google’s willing to cut them off.

While the company stops short of directly saying as much, it sure feels like the preposterously long ads we’re seeing here are an example of one tool in Google’s arsenal for effectively disabling YouTube playback for violators of the site’s ToS.

Most of us hate YouTube ads at this point. What started off as minimal intrusion into the viewer experience has gradually become longer and more intrusive, to the point where many of us prefer just paying for YouTube Premium and never seeing another ad again. For some users, that isn’t a feasible option, so they have to make their peace with watching ads to support their favorite creators and the YouTube platform. Lately, however, users have been getting really long, unskippable ads, long enough to question whether the video after the ad is even worth it.

Reddit user Lin1ex has complained about a long unskippable ad, with a duration of just about 58 minutes.

Many users in the comments mentioned they also get ads that are as disturbingly long. One user claimed without proof that they’d gotten a 10-hour-long ad, while another one-upped this claim with another unsubstantiated claim of a 90-hour ad.

Looking for proof, Reddit user Standard-Slip6572 has shared an image of a two-hour and 52-minute ad for a 49-minute video!

If you look at the image closely, you’ll notice a ‘skipping ads’ button on the bottom left, which gives us clues about what could be happening. While none of these users have disclosed whether they are using an ad blocker, the second image clearly shows one in the works.

It’s possible that if you are using an ad blocker, YouTube is able to detect it and present you with an absurdly long, unskippable ad. There’s also a possibility that the ad blocker itself is glitching out the ad and its duration. Some comments have mentioned that the ad blocker could have blocked the ‘Skip’ button from showing up and subsequently failed to block the long ad, worsening the ad situation.

While these absurdly long and unskippable ads might be caused by ad blockers, other users are getting more not-unbelievably-long-but-still-too-long unskippable ads. An older thread from Reddit user MeGlugsBigJugs showcases a 1-minute 28-second ad, and other users have also claimed the same experience.

YouTube has long been inching towards longer and more ads for free users. At the same time, the service really hates ad blockers, too (for good reason, as they hurt their bottom line and what they can pay creators). Users have one clear option: to pay for YouTube Premium and avoid the ads. But sometimes that doesn’t work either, so the next best option is to make peace with the ads or spend your time elsewhere.

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using ublock origin on PC

no such shit yet

u can use adblock on almost anything nowadays.

Brave browser da best

Newpipe je.

revanced

possibly coming up next: 2 hr ads of sundar pichai of tamil nadu saying, "Dey you bloody dalit pupupundeks! Stop blocking ads yarrr!"

uBO no hal leh. Just twitch je kenot block their stupid ads. Need to google how to update my filters for that.

noobs don't deserve Youtube

Cat and mouse game.

15 seconds my a$$

i've encountered 45 seconds ads before

No chrome book, no chrome, no androids, no problem, using Brave or mozilla no such issues.

ppl use to go to youtube to avoid ads on tv
now they are doing the same
so need alternative la

using adguard in chrome extension
so far still ok no ads

firefox + ublock.....never see any ad on utube forever

Not just YouTube forces you to sit through ads that are 1 minute long, other mobile apps that rely on ads also the same.

Padan mukak

I was at a friend's house and he wanted to show me a YouTube video. As we sat an ad popped up and he proceeded to sit and watch the whole ad from beginning to end (without even clicking on the button to skip the ad).

I couldn't help being amazed that there are people out there that just mindlessly tolerate ads. At least for someone that would go to extraordinary efforts to bypass ads in any way at least.

Yes. Punish all those free loaders

Want the entertainment but don’t want pay

YT warns me about the adblockers in place but I can still stop them.