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Originally Posted by craigj2k12
yeah it does
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but now get a pause when an ad is blocked at start of video.
I have noticed in the past 1-2 months youtube have got overly agressive on their ads.
Last year I estimated about 1 in 4 videos I watched had a banner and only videos from large companies had full screen ads which could be skipped.
Now about 90% show an ad, about 33% have a full screen ad and a lot of the full screen ads can no longer be skipped and now of course when using an adblocker the video pauses before playing as if youtube did something to irritate ad blocker users.
So I contacted youtube and asked them why do they want to use ads that take your full attention and make you want to block them, why not just play an ad in an area not covering the video or delaying the playing of the video. Apparently their advertisers will only pay if the ads obstruct the content. I argued then they get less views as people will block the ads or ignore whats on screen until the ad has finished. I got nowhere of course.