YouTube will start showing a lot more product ads, but it’s not as bad as it sounds

YouTube is such a popular service because it’s free to use, both by creators and internet users looking for quick entertainment or solutions to their problems. Of course, "free" is never truly free. Advertising and data collection are what powers the service and what makes it free.

That's why I said Google’s decision to take a stance against ad blocker use on YouTube is the right thing to do. Then again, Google is also partly to blame for our collective hatred of online ads.

With that in mind, you might hate to hear the news that some of your favorite YouTube clips might include more product ads than before. But it's not as bad as it sounds. These aren’t unskippable commercials interrupting the video. Instead, YouTube will make it easier for creators to place timestamps on products they promote in a clip. This might be useful to anyone looking to buy those products, or to anyone who wants to avoid the ads.

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