Millions of YouTube users have grown used to the "skip" button that appears after a few seconds of an ad. However, reports from some users suggest that this feature has changed. According to Android ...

The YouTube mobile app is starting to hide its countdown timer and grayed-out skip button when it plays ads. The skip button now only surfaces after a user has watched a specific portion of the ad, ...

It may only take a few seconds for the "skip ad" button to appear on a YouTube video, but sometimes that wait feels like an eternity. Unfortunately, some users have been forced to wait far longer, ...

YouTube users have reported encountering excessively long, un-skippable ads, with some lasting between 57 minutes to 3 hours. Screenshots shared on Reddit even show ads longer than the actual video ...