YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

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      Lots of people did it on YouTube for years. Even more on other platforms.

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      This is a terrible take, as most content creators I watch already cannot survive off of Youtube ad revenue and rely on third-party monetization, like Patreon subscriptions.

      Besides the fact that plenty of people make content for free, from the simple love of creating something.

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          I don’t think it had prerolls during the flash days but it had banner ads as far back as I can remember

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          Well, no. It’s been losing money for years. But I doubt this will make it profitable.