I honestly answer surveys and have done so for a decade. YouTube doesn’t give me long ads. I can watch hours of YouTube without long, annoying ads. It’s a combination of choosing the correct content (nobody forces anyone to watch aggressively monetized content) and prioritizing results over ego (honestly answering the surveys vs lying on surveys to stick it to Google.)
I don’t care about users that make fragmented, entitled arguments, or who go out of their way to destroy their own UX by trying to sabotage systems. Until we nationalize YouTube and use taxes to fund hosting and moderation, YouTube is pretty great all things considered.
I honestly answer surveys and have done so for a decade. YouTube doesn’t give me long ads. I can watch hours of YouTube without long, annoying ads. It’s a combination of choosing the correct content (nobody forces anyone to watch aggressively monetized content) and prioritizing results over ego (honestly answering the surveys vs lying on surveys to stick it to Google.)
I don’t care about users that make fragmented, entitled arguments, or who go out of their way to destroy their own UX by trying to sabotage systems. Until we nationalize YouTube and use taxes to fund hosting and moderation, YouTube is pretty great all things considered.
Just my own unpopular opinion.
30 seconds is long ad
How long are the ads for you?
Here’s a decently monetized channel: https://youtu.be/RQYuyHNLPTQ?si=hyPgA09h5nXISkvy
I got one 15s unskippable, one skippable after 5s.
Here’s a corp channel: https://youtu.be/ikcfhhqdDYI?si=b-mIAY34UfEqZ_AQ
First time I got one 15s unskippable, next time one skippable after 5s.
If I watch things on a friend’s account the ads get much longer.
am get 30 seconds unskippable