What's with the commercials...

[Groovy Man]

What's with the commercials before videos on You Tube now? :mad

Yeah, I noticed it a while back, but now it's worse, more than ever!!!

 

[JerseyGirl]

I noticed it too.

 

[Nololob]

I didn't notice anything.

Yes, I am using Firefox. And yes, I am using an Ad Block app.

 

[LG]

Haven't really looked recently, but perhaps it's Google's way of raising more money to pay the labels for the rights to have them on the site...?

I wished we could have our own CRF channel that we could upload just the songs in MP3 format for our threads, never been a big video fan myself...but we would get in legal trouble if we tried that for sure.

 

[Groovy Man]

I didn't notice anything.

Yes, I am using Firefox. And yes, I am using an Ad Block app.

Nolo, it's not pop ups...

it's actual 30 second commericals played before the video starts...

Maybe it's just here in the United States...

and who knows were else?...

that's why I started this thread.

 

[Nololob]

^^ It blocks adverts before the video as well.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Well I just double checked my AdBlockers for Safari (Safari AdBlocker and Glimmer Blocker) and Glimmer Blocker wasn't on. So hopefully that helps.

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

Are you trying to watch official music vids or movie clips GM? I remember reading awhile back that YT usually doesn't allow preroll ads before user-made clips.

Just a way for them to make money, much like Super Bowl commercials. They allot that time before the vid starts to advertisers. Luckily we usually have the ability to click "Skip Ad" about 5-10 seconds in.

 

[Sweaty]

I have noticed that too, would be great LG if we had our own channel, I thought about making money by loading people's portable music players but then realised it would be illegal to charge someone for giving them someone elses music lol

 

[Sweaty]

By the way the adverts really annoy me too