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00:00Remember when you could skip YouTube ads after five seconds?

00:03Well, those days are fading fast.

00:05Lately, YouTube's gone full ad-ocalypse more and longer unskippable ads,

00:10sometimes hitting you before and in the middle of your favorite videos.

00:13Some folks even report multi-minute ads,

00:16basically mini-movie trailers you never asked for.

00:19And if you're using an ad blocker, YouTube's fighting back.

00:22Reports say they're serving up ads that sneak past blockers

00:25or making your video buffer like it's 2008.

00:27Users on Reddit are not happy.

00:30It's unwatchable.

00:31One minute of ads every five minutes.

00:32Yikes.

00:33So, why is YouTube doing this?

00:35Simple.

00:36Ad revenue.

00:37More unskippable ads equals sign more money.

00:39Plus, they really want you to pay for premium.

00:42How are viewers fighting back?

00:43Clever workarounds.

00:44Casting from your phone.

00:45Using tougher ad blockers.

00:46Even VPNs.

00:48It's an endless cat and mouse game.

00:50YouTube tightens up.

00:51Users get sneakier.

00:53Bottom line?

00:53The ad war is on.

00:54Who's going to blink first?

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