YouTube Launches Ads You Can Skip

wiredmikey writes "A new format that YouTube has been testing for a while officially launched today. YouTube is launching TrueView, a new ad format that lets users skip over ads they aren't interested in — and advertisers are actually okay with it. When a TrueView ad unit begins playing, you'll notice a five second countdown timer — as soon as that's up, you'll see an arrow that will let you skip the remainder of the ad and get back to the content you wanted to see, or you can choose to keep on watching the ad."

Comments

Re:I'm not interested in any of them

[devent]

Definitely. I expect them to be free and I don't want to see ads. It's not my problem how Youtube or free TV will make an income. If they don't have a clue how to make a living then they cease to exists, that is what free market is all about.

That's also why I oppose copyright and patents. There should be no right to make money, if you want to make money it's your problem but don't make the state grand you a monopoly. If I choose to not to watch ads I'm not hurting anyone but a state granted monopoly is hurting everybody else.