We published an article earlier this week about YouTube's Skip ad button being hidden on mobile at the beginning of ads, instead of showing a countdown timer. Google reached out to us to clarify ...

YouTube spokesperson Oluwa Falodun says in a statement to Android Police that " YouTube is not hiding the skip button. On skippable ads, the button appears after 5 seconds into playback, as always.

“YouTube is not hiding the skip button,” YouTube spokesperson Oluwa Falodun says in a statement to The Verge. “On skippable ads, the button appears after 5 seconds into playback, as always.” ...

YouTube is making changes to the skip button for ads, but it's not hiding the button entirely, just not showing it right away.

For those who don't have Premium or an ad blocker, it's hard to find a button more pressed on YouTube than that one that says "skip ads." Many of us have trained ourselves to hit this button the ...

YouTube is now hiding the 'skip' button whenever ads are playing, and users don't want it.