A child mistaking an adult actress in an explicit ad for a popular YouTuber is yet another troubling example of YouTube's ongoing bad ads problem.

Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up in an effort to extract (reclaim?) even more ad revenue from users. On Reddit,

Google continues to let sexual ads slip through its AI moderation, with a child streaming Fortnite on YouTube exposed to explicit content

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 being watched.

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Netflix Games is adding Ginny & Georgia and Sweet Magnolias to their Netflix Stories interactive fiction series.

A self-confessed former burglar has revealed the one specific thing people have that would put her off targeting a certain house. The woman, from the US, anonymously took to Reddit to explain how she started burgling houses at the age of 16 - but has since changed her ways at the grand age of 26.

Ads can be pretty pesky and even irritating, but it's a whole new level of rage and fury when kids see ads they shouldn't see at all.

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours.

YouTube ads are now unskippable and can last for several hours, jsut to deter users with adblockers. Google is cracking down on freeloaders by showing excessively long ads to promote premium subscriptions.

HGTV's "Rock the Block" has given viewers some impactful designs over the seasons. However, according to fans, these 10 weren't quite up to par.

YouTube ads are getting more frustrating, with some users reporting unskippable ads that are nearly an hour long. Are ad blockers to blame?