[DanBC]

> together have managed to give google enough confidence to double their ads and disable the "skip ad" buttons on youtube.

Just in case there's anyone from Google reading this: I'm tolerant of ads. I'd like the option to "skip the first ad" but watch the second. Or just put the short ad first.

Sometimes I don't mind watching a 15 second ad, but I really don't want to watch a 4 minute ad.

[ryanianian]

This is especially true if I'm not even sure I want to watch the video. If I follow a link to a random youtube video there's a 50/50 chance I'll stop watching after 10 seconds of content. Having to watch even 5 seconds of ads before that makes me avoid following links in the first place.