Talk:YouTube (2017-present)

The advertisement system is so bad, it deserves its own page

YouTube's advertisement system is levels beyond bad. Here are some negative things they did with the system:

1. They removed yellow markers on the progress bar that would tell you where the ads are in a video.
2. They removed the countdown to an ad (i.e. "Ad in 3") on the TV/console version.
3. They are removing instances of the word "Ad". They have been using "Sponsored", "Skip", and "Video plays soon" instead of "Ad", "Skip ad" and "Video will play after ad" respectively.
4. They redesigned the skip ads countdown in the TV/console version. They use a yellow ring for the countdown.
5. YouTube is favoring short, unskippable ads over long, skippable ads. They are also favoring two or more consecutive ads.
6. And the controversial of them all, they have been blocking ad blockers. They are also adding a five-second delay to some users.

Earldridge Jazzed Pineda (talk) 12:50, December 7, 2023 (UTC)

That sounds like its own header, not its own page necessarily. --Raidarr (talk) 14:24, December 7, 2023 (UTC)

I will copy paste the pointers onto the page.--ChessGuy66 (talk) 15:27, December 7, 2023 (UTC)