Google has denied reports that it’s serving unskippable ads that last for minutes or even hours to some YouTube users who have ad blockers enabled, instead blaming ad blockers themselves for any “suboptimal viewing experience.” Users have complained of seeing unskippable YouTube ads ranging from a few minutes to several hours in duration.
“YouTube does not serve minutes-long, non-skippable ads,” says YouTube communications manager Oluwa Falodun, directing us toward Google’s listed policy on non-skippable in-stream ads. These are limited to 15 seconds or less in the majority of cases, with 30-second and 60-second variants available within YouTube TV. By contrast, there are no length restrictions on YouTube’s skippable ads.
The use of ad blockers is a violation…