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 no longer shows a countdown timer when playing ads in its mobile app. The skip button now appears when the ad becomes skippable.

YouTube users have noticed recent changes in how ads are shown before videos. The skip button, which allows viewers to bypass ads after five seconds, seems to have been hidden or altered on some ...