r/youtube • u/whywhenhowwherewhat • 10h ago

Question They patch it?

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?

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u/Pronoe 9h ago

Pretty sure they did.

Up until about an hour ago, if you waited 5 seconds on the first ad, you could refresh the page and get straight to the video. This is not the case anymore AND I feel like there are suddenly way more ad during the video. I'm talking more or less 1 ad break every 5 minutes. Youtube is unwatchable for me right now.

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u/LumpyContribution566 10h ago

Not only that, they made it so that each and every god damn video gives you an ad

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u/LurchSkywalker 7h ago

Yeah they did.

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u/SnooPeanuts8100 10m ago

Ah, the olds days before i discovered ad block...