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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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I’m getting this weird fucking modal popup for the ad it just displayed. It sticks around in the bottom left corner of the screen after the ad ends, displaying throughout the duration of the actual video and blocking out like 20% of the screen (until I explicitly close the damn modal).