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, ...

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 ...

While the stats vary, there's evidence that around nine out of 10 people who can skip an ad do—whether by hitting the ‘skip ad’ button online or fast-forwarding through a commercial break while ...

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 Premium offers an ad-free experience, but it's not cheap. If you jumped into the subscription, you may have thought it was the only way to avoid interrupting your movie trailers, cuts into ...