Now, some users have called out the Alphabet subsidiary for pushing it possibly a tad too far with the pre-roll ads. According to a report by Gizmochina, several users on Twitter and Reddit posted photos of the online video platform serving them five ads on a single video.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) September 7, 2022 The posters also claim that the ads are none skippable, meaning that users have to endure all five before being able to watch the actual content they clicked on. On Twitter, YouTube actually responded to one of the tweets complaining about the flurry of commercials, explaining that the format is called bumper ads. Bumper ads are nothing new on the platform; they are unskippable six-second ads that roll out before the video even starts. As some have pointed out, this type of advert is usually only served two at a time for a video, so the amount that is infuriating users is definitely out of the norm. The report states that not all monetised videos on YouTube have five bumper ads, which implies that this format change might still be in the testing phase and has not rolled out widely across the platform just yet. The company has not formally announced such a switch-up, so it’s currently unknown if the five unskippable adverts will be a mainstay moving forward. Of course, if you want to skip commercials on the platform altogether, you have the option of purchasing a subscription to YouTube Premium, which costs RM17.90 per month in Malaysia. The subscription gives you an ad-free experience, background play, offline downloading, and access to the company’s music streaming service. That said, there are also countless other methods to get around ads on the internet. (Source: Gizmochina)
