YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads
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I wouldn't even mind the ads if they just played maybe one per three or four videos. That would still bring in a massive amount of money without pissing everyone off. Instead we get up to two ads every couple of minutes.
It's all about blatant greed.
4s cat vid, 40s of ads.
Two ads before the video starts, which was a movie trailer.
"To watch this ad you first must watch two ads!"
If it wasn't the same 3 ads over and over too