Some YouTube users have observed the platform making it harder to skip ads in recent days. On Reddit, a user reported seeing ...

YouTube is testing major changes to the skip button that seem to make it more difficult to find, so you might end up watching ...

It seems like YouTube is removing the skip button for the portion of the ad that isn't skippable anyway. Typically, skippable ...

However, last week, users on desktop noticed a gray rectangle covering the Skip button until it can be used, without showing ...

YouTube's potential removal of the ‘Skip’ button raises concerns about user experience amid increasing ad segments.

YouTube appears to be testing a new method to prevent users from skipping ads by obfuscating the Skip button. The change seen by multiple users involves adding blackout squares over ads to hide the ...

Android Police reports that YouTube has removed the countdown for skippable ads, making the skip ad button appear abruptly on ...

YouTube no longer shows a countdown timer when playing ads in its mobile app. The skip button now appears when the ad becomes ...

There's yet another ad-related change coming to YouTube, particularly on mobile, and this is one that seems solely intended to benefit the advertisers. The countdown timer for the button to skip ads ...

YouTube appears to be testing a new method to prevent users from skipping ads by obfuscating the Skip button. The change seen by multiple users involves adding blackout squares over ads to hide ...