YouTube assures that it has not removed the skip ads button, although it is making changes to your experience

Oct. 10 (Portaltic/EP) –

YouTube has assured that the button that allows you to skip ads It is still present on the platform, despite the fact that some users have stopped seeing it and have warned of the possibility of its disappearance.

Some users have shared on forums like Reddit that the last few days the button to skip ads on YouTube It is not seen clearly because it is shown hidden behind a black box, something they have detected in the mobile application.

Given the possibility that YouTube has decided to remove this button, the technology firm has assured in a statement sent to The Vergeand collected by Europa Press. YouTube does not hide the skip button. For skippable ads, the button appears after 5 seconds of playback, as always,” said spokesperson Oluwa Falodun.

Falodun has explained that they are making changes to the ads, “reducing elements in the player” so that “the spectators can interact more deeply with the ad through a cleaner experience.

As part of those changes, the countdown timer for skipping an ad is now displayed as “a progress bar at the bottom of the screen” According to the spokesperson, this may have caused the jump button to not be displayed as usual.