YouTube is going to remove some ad controls for creators
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EH3V)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is making some notable changes to the ad controls available to creators. Beginning in November, YouTube is dropping individual ad controls in YouTube Studio for pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, and non-skippable ads on new videos, according to a support document from the company bylined by Rob," a member of the YouTube team.
Instead, creators will only be able to choose between having ads before or after a video on or off. If you choose to have those ads on, YouTube will choose whether to show pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, or non-skippable ads when appropriate," per a notice on another support document.
YouTube argues that this won't be too big of a deal. Most creators shouldn't notice a change as they already have many of...