The YouTube mobile app is starting to hide its countdown timer and grayed-out skip button when it plays ads. The skip button now only surfaces after a user has watched a specific portion of the ad, ...

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YouTube has reportedly started "hiding" the skip button during the initial ad for a video on mobile devices. The ad shows a ...

Google makes the majority of its money through ads. That's not an industry secret. Since YouTube is a Google product with no admission fee, it is also not surprising that ads are the primary revenue ...

Unless you pay $13.99 per month for YouTube Premium, you'll have to deal with ads when you watch videos on YouTube. Thankfully, skipping the ads has always been easy, but over the past few days, ...

TV commercials are practically a synonym for annoyance. But for Gen Alpha, YouTube ads are a can’t miss even when they are a can skip. According to a new study by Precise TV and Giraffe Insights, most ...