There is nothing more exasperating than back-to-back ads right before you watch a video or right after you get to the vibe of a video. As if YouTube is not testing the patience of its users enough at the moment, there are rumors about YouTube testing five unskippable ads in place of two. Looks like the app is indeed determined to teach its users the noble virtue of patience or perhaps it is just pushing them till they go for AdBlock. The Twitter town isn’t happy either about the possibility and the threat of sitting through five unskippable ads and their fury is quite evident as they chant AdBlock.
Ads and More Ads
It looks like users aren’t patient enough to sit through five whole unskippable ads, and for those threatened by this torture, AdBlock is the knight in shining armor. Let us flip through a couple of reactions and responses on Twitter to see how much the users enjoy YouTube ads and to what extent they will go to avoid them.
Well, at least the app is keeping AdBlock busy
my adblock after a day on youtube pic.twitter.com/lqWtANfcso
— jotman🌵 (@jotmanjotman) September 16, 2022
Talk about torture without weapons
https://twitter.com/szkieletmajster/status/1570734634153156608?s=20&t=xHxtZts3lmTReVUtxUFiFA
Safe to say that ads are indeed the antagonists, and they just add to the frustration and anger
waiting for when ad companies realize adblock wouldnt exist if ads wherent
-fucking annoying
-borderline malware
-fake download buttons
-loud
-everywhere, hindering navigationthe list goes on and on and on and on
— Ezio (@ezioisntcool56) September 16, 2022
YouTube at this point is literally forcing people to take Premium
I'll stick to a fucking Adblock thanks XD https://t.co/f1jYfBijel
— 🦌Enester (@Enester_Art) September 16, 2022
Well, you asked for it
https://twitter.com/Artyom_______/status/1570902163395850242?s=20&t=xHxtZts3lmTReVUtxUFiFA
me sitting here with both adblock and ublock https://t.co/uY1ER40MMQ pic.twitter.com/OauEcmj14h
— skibidi liminal man (@cclownteeth) September 16, 2022
Cannot agree more.
https://twitter.com/pedromira848/status/1569102135475798022?s=20&t=xHxtZts3lmTReVUtxUFiFA
It is pretty clear that YouTube is not ready to give up. Looks like the users aren’t either
Haha, time for even more adblock! Doesn't help me with my console YouTube but that'll be the point when I make an at-router adblock device from a Raspberry Pi. https://t.co/ZfSo7dXEw5
— âš¡Purgeâš¡ (@PurgeExE) September 16, 2022
Me and the boys, using AdBlock: pic.twitter.com/EskpJHRWjM
— BadassFreeman (@BadassFreeman) September 16, 2022