context isn't required I guess

what is this YouTube?

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Usually i just did the trick where if you change the video before the ad starts then back to the previous video again, the ad automatically skips. Now it's almost like no matter what you do, the ad always plays, you can no longer use the quick video change trick.

If you change or close video then back at it again, the ad only restarts and there is no way that you can trick it, you must watch the ad

I feel like ts only make saving videos more difficult and i dont like it. Imo 🥲

The past 3 days *every single* ad I’ve gotten has been related to politics.

I feel its a violation of privacy like what the heck. Youtube is going too far by doing that. Before someone says just get premium I can't afford it atm since it's 16 bucks and I'm broke.

Has anyone else noticed an insane increase in ads lately to point where it’s borderline unwatchable? I’m talking every two minutes, maybe it’s just the creators I’m watching but even then I didn’t think youtube allowed that many midrolls per video.

Can't see anyone else's messages, and anything I send doesn't work either

Previously, if you got an ad upon entering a video you can simply just exit the video and re-enter it to skip the ads completely over 3 tries at most and saves less than 5 seconds which is faster than just skipping the video as normal.

But now, the same method is impossible to replicate, did they patch it?

I've noticed the last day that YouTube has opened up on shorts after being closed even when the last page wasn't the shorts page. Has anyone else seen it?

Ik YouTube does seem to increase the number of ads you watch but this is next level. I have gotten 3 ad breaks(6 ads in total) 4 minutes into the video.This is just sad and it isn't even letting me watch the video properly.