YouTube responds to accusations that it’s been 'hiding' the skip button on ads. It's not hidden, but it might be changing.
twitches “It’s not hidden.” This is factually untrue based on your own reporting in this same article.
“YouTube needed to address this in a statement because various places such as Reddit and AndroidPolice noticed that the skip button wasn't appearing on desktop or mobile. On desktop, things got particularly interesting, as it appeared that the YouTube video player was drawing a black rectangle over the skip button, almost as if to discourage people from using it.”
This isn’t even journalistic malpractice (ok, the subheading is). It’s just … making excuses for one of the largest and most evil companies in the world for reasons that are, charitably, entirely unclear to me.
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