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, ...

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YouTube has reportedly started "hiding" the skip button during the initial ad for a video on mobile devices. The ad shows a ...

Google makes the majority of its money through ads. That's not an industry secret. Since YouTube is a Google product with no admission fee, it is also not surprising that ads are the primary revenue ...