This YouTube Ad Update is the Worst
Recent YouTube ad location changes result in nearly no control for creators to modify how ads are presented to viewers. This cannot possibly go well.
Previously, creators could choose any combination of ads before the video, during the video, and after the video. After this change, activating monetization results in an unknown combination fully under YouTube's control.
This precedent will lead to more ads outside of the creator's control, likely to increase engagement with the paid service YouTube provides and a massive uptick in adblockers (which Google is working hard to ban on Chromium-based browsers).
I cannot see any possible way this will go well.
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