A meme went viral a while ago where Captain Picard from Star Trek said to YouTube “Sorry, you put some video in your ad”. The thing about ads and Google has gotten to the point where even YouTube shorts are getting filled with ads.
The fact is that it seems that YouTube is still determined to increase the reasons for paying for YouTube Premium: apart from the forced closure of Vanced and applications like NewPipe are still not at the same level as the aforementioned Vanced, now YouTube is testing five ads you can’t skip Before playing a video.
A silent test that does not affect all users
YouTube is testing a new feature that places five ads right before a video
Collected as GizmochinaYouTube is keeping some users who haven’t subscribed to YouTube Premium Up to five ads Which cannot be skipped, before playing the video they want to watch.
Several non-premium users when the news broke They took to Twitter to condemn the situation. Several of them said that they received the mentioned 5 ads, which they had to watch in full before accessing the content. This situation has caused a lot of frustration and discomfort among those who suffer.
YouTube just served me 5 long spam ads pic.twitter.com/FgUUrzZvoB
— The Ricked One (@LoganC01962550) September 8, 2022
For its part, there is YouTube posted an official response on Twitter Acknowledge the situation. They also say that the phenomenon of five ads can happen to users of video social networks familiar with a very specific type of advertising Bumper ad; About six seconds of ads that can’t be skipped.
Hmm…this can happen with a certain type of ad format called bumper ads, as they are only up to 6 seconds long. If you want, you can send feedback directly from YouTube via the feedback tool
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) September 7, 2022
From what we know, Not all free YouTube users This problem is encountered. It appears that the company is testing with a select few users, as most only watch two videos before they start.
Finally, YouTube reiterates that if users (whether free or paid) have any kind of feedback to provide to the company, You can do this through the app of the platform.
