YouTube
reviews and complaints

The advertising on YouTube uses that come in as an interruption during a video disturbs the flow of the videos. It cuts out portions of the content, often vital portions. The software simply doesn't work effectively and it seems somewhat amateurish. One can be watching a lecture and miss a whole minute.

While I acknowledge that content uploaders select where the ads are to go, it still disrupts the actual content itself. In fact, some YouTube apps (eg for a Bravia Smart TV) will simply crash when an ad comes up.

The entire YouTube experience has become rather soured by the amount of advertising and more importantly, the disruptive nature of the advertisements. While we want to support content creators, we also wish to enjoy their content. At present, YouTube is a very unappealing experience and seems to have more frequency of advertising than commercial television, and when it is disruptive advertising, TV has won the edge.

I talked to Susan Wojcicki, who is the current Youtube CEO, for my case, I explained my case along with my specific situation. Susan Wojcicki took my money but she did not handle my case properly. I wanted my money back, but she did not refund. Moreover, she humiliated me. She said, "you are a disabled person, and I pitied you, that is why I took your case". She also said, "I am the CEOof YouTube, my annual income is tens of million dollars. I read many negative reviews about her on the Internet and I am not willing to work with her anymore. I just want my money back.

Im really really sick to death of ad's, i cant enjoy any video i watch without stupid irrelevant ad's popping up it makes me so fed up, its all about money, the only website like this and its all about money, we get comfy to watch youtube videos an then there's ad's, and the WORSE thing is the 6 SECOND ad's which we have no control over especially with 2 out of 1 ad's an the first one is 6 seconds. All about money why not charge people for ad's instead of forcing them down throats.

Hello. I know a lot of people complain about adds, but for me it is one add in particular that is unethical that very much bothers me. I have received multiple adds from peta with audio of owls screaming in agony. It is most defiantly disturbing content, even for someone who is 21+ needless to say I think that this add in particular should be removed. Especially because there is no warning of when you will get/ hear it.

The particular add in question. Be warned disturbing audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcjdbXcaMDQ

as a disabled person, its been well over 1 year since i sent a$50 check to him. he read my letter on youtube. he was going to buy some cards for me. havent heard from him either! numerous letters were sent, included a sase so theres no excuse! please help. al fujara, 7136 w foster av, chicago, ill, 60656

3 Jun 21 approx 12:30 pm while watching Ryan Hall Y'all weather forecast. First off, the advertisement looks more like a music video of some blood and death metal growler band than a commercial for anything. The video is rife with foul language, clearly explicit violent acts resulting in the perceived drawing of blood, demonic allusions, pedophilia, allusions of human sacrifices and self-harm (cutting is featured). The music is patently offensive to the senses and promotes clear nihilistic themes. Again, the lyrics are full of cursing and condemnation and espousing death to oneself and those around you. This is what YouTube decided was acceptable content for advertising while I'm watching the weather? The ad ran for 1.5 minutes before I gave up thinking there might be an end to it so I could see if they really were advertising anything and shut the crap off. YouTube is all over their content providers for content not deemed 'family friendly' by their mods yet this is acceptable?

There should not be commercials containing satanic games that apparently have something to do with identifying your house plants, or previews for horror movies! Or adds encouraging experimental vaccines. Stop advertising for it, it's everyone's personal choice! It's ridiculous! My kids are just trying to watch kids shows! Take the crap down!

AJ News Channel on Youtube is allowing Hamas to have a voice on thier platform when they are a Banned Terrorist organisation...Why is Youtube so biased and allowing this to happen...

Hamas is a Banned and known Terrorist Organisation..why is Youtube allowing them a platform to voice their hatred to all on youtube?

Day before youtube decided to rip off the number of views, watch time hours and the subscribers that my channel RUTH'S KIDVENTURE received.
The data was removed from the date : 23rd May 2021.
It started by removing 100 hours watch time and 4 subscribers on 27/5/2021
and the next day 28/5/2021 i lost 2 more subscribers all this at once...
I would like youtube to update the data they decided they can just grab.
This doesn't feel like a fair business.. Hope i do not have to drag this to the next level

The current Lake "Of The Torches Casino" commercial is WAY WAY WAY TO LOUD.
Extremely annoying
Can you fix it?
Thanks Tim H

The link has disappeared across the board on my computer and the housemate's computer and at his company's computer.

This has been going on for about a month as of today (5/15/21) and no advice on the internet is helping including from "Get Human"

I have not violated any policy and even if one person didn't like me for some reason why has the comments link disappeared across the board and why is this affecting another person's computer in two places?

Signed up for free YouTube tv, need it cancelled asap, cant get it to work and cant get to where I need to to cancel my address is [protected]@gmail.com may 13 2021. 2:48 pm my time just cancel subscription thank you thomad conley

YouTube places sexual ads. The excuse we get is that we search for sexual content and therefore we get these ads. 1st of all there should not be any sexual content on YouTube, secondly you do not have to look it up. It simply appears! Our kids are no longer on YouTube, but we still keep a watch on YouTube. Is YouTube a pornografic platform?! Remove

I sent a email relating to complaints over youtube advertising. And filled in a official form. But we are still seeing tv adverts. In youtube. While watching my favourite tv series clips. And the the tv adverts are still interfering with our youtube watching tv series video clips. For how long do we have to put up with these annoying adverts interfering with our youtube tv video clip watching of favourite tv sries. We are very angry over this. And demand some action. It's so annoying to snatch your favourite tv series clips. Only to have interrupted by stupid pointless advertising. It's no joke. Their is far too many tv adverts on youtube. Their is still a lot of majority of people who do not embrace tv advertising. Via you tube. Or want to use it. For educational. Business. Use. Or shopping use. Preceding to use conventional normal means. To do it. Majority of people would like to whatch youtube video clips without annoying tv advertising..Interfering in clips. This is a official complaint. Now kindly sort this out. Why shop on line when many can go to shops. Or phone shops up. Why learn grammar on some website. When you can go to libraries. Or use dictionaries.. Or learning gaming techniques via website. When you have manuela for most consolgames. As for learning from some website how to improve your educational course studies.. When you have real books.In college. Public libraries. People are far to dependent on modern advanced technologi es. I'm disgusted that tv and radio advertising is getting worse. And why do ones need a business coach. To improve th eir. Business. It's utterly riddiculous.. If be grateful of a quick reply.

I'm deeply angry with YouTube for allowing in bad taste up loaded video clips and tv illogical pointless ridiculous advertising .which is very offending at times.as well as stupid.and monotonous especially when your trying whatch tv YouTube series such as the moomins tv series episodes.been interrupted by tv adverts like honey.and others.particularly in the middle of a tv episode you have some stupid woman in her room about click it .click the honey button.it's very annoying to whatch.either that or hear some one downloading horrendous monotonous annoying chav orientated.modern mainstream so called pop music.or firms websites advertising business ideas.or how to improve your grammar.hasn't any one heard of books.this on top of uploaded home videos of covid lockdown people at home.all is very annoying.who ever created these ridiculous tv adverts and YouTube video uploads won't sectioning.it seems YouTube is getting as bad as the tv.and radio for stupid pointless advertising.when my partner is trying to snatch her rock music old music videos on her YouTube account controversial sends up a ridiculous tv advert.also many a YouTube video uploads are often glorifie.advocate racismn.animal cruelty.criminal and anti-social behaviour.all deemed a criminal offence.in many countries.it's time YouTube was cleaned up.and policed more.many things a inappropriate to put on youtube.that is the bad downside in technologies of owning the latest mobile phone.or ipad.YouTube like facebook.twitter.is often misused and abused.by some even gain financial monies under false pretencies such as in unregistered business websites.and services.to take advance of general public ones.tv .and radio advertising has got worse since the end of 1990s.in to the late millennium twenty first century.it's time something was done about it.I demand matters investigated.otherwise I will be forced to press for various world leaders of what ever country the advertising.or video up loaded clips come from.to have action taken.if you don't take matters seriously.it seems having such things on youtube is deemed acceptable in human socity.but it doesn't mean it's necessarily morally right.and whatchable..if be grateful of a quick reply.

Why have you have remove Alex Belfield, the voice of reason, we understand that globalists and communists really hate free speech but the USA was once the land of hope and free speech, what you people dont seem to understand is by putting the the people under the thumb the country will fall, you, the employee, should be completely ashamed of yourself, you are no different from the nazi death camp guards, "I was only doing my job".
Im so sorry your company has gone down the Soros path, he was a nazi sympathiser who sent his own people to the gas chambers in order to steal their money. Free speech NO WOKE. yours faithfully M, ellis-jones

Alex Bellfields channel has been cancelled.
Ridiculous stupid decision, that you are promoting the curtailing of free speech in this country.
Obviously there's was no good reason.
How much did the bbc pay you?
He has a great number of subscribers who are interested in his mistreatment by the police and the bbc and will, I hope complain bitterly at your unpleasant and unnecessary action.

This is animal abuse in new zealand and australia remove this animal abuse asap sheep belong outside on grass that's why we in new zealanders and australia grow worlds best lamb no wonder why just look at sandi brock page its animal abuse lazy american getting away with animal abuse holding shep in door feed on hay thats not how sheep should live at all sheep belong out side happy and free not help up indoors like this it is animal abuse this page needs 2 be shut down asap or nz will start a fb page that will blow up so fast it will not be funny at all shame on anybody that think its ok for sheep to live this way just look up greg judy and justen rhodes do you see them treat there sheep this way no and why becouse the respect there animals

Chronology of an exceptional case (for the record)

April 14.2021:
- Youtube immediately suspends my account upon receiving multiple simultaneous false copyright claims of an individual (claiming he holds the rights to colorized editions of various public domain movies, without legalizing his claim through copyright registry).
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April 15, 2021:
- I send the following e-mail to the claimant:

'To whom it may concern;

I'm informed by Google that my Youtube account is suspended due to your copyright claim.

You may have taken part in colorizing these movies. However, unless you fulfill the legal and financial requirements of owning the copyright of the colorized edition - and the restored edition of the original movie that you used to start with-, you can not claim so (adding a copyright graph to the video credits does not entitle you to that right).

Being a person familiar with such issues, I would like to ask you to send me the proof of ownership for the copyright of these movies, and/or remove your claim. I'll be waiting for your reply and/or action before contacting Youtube on this issue.

Thanks in advance...
[protected]@outlook.com'

- I take the issue to 'Youtube help forum'.

'Re: Multiple strikes - account suspended

The 'strike' videos were uploaded months ago. They all passed copyright checks with 'no issues'. No further warnings (regarding the change of their status - if any) were issued in the meantime.

Instantly, on April 14, the status of various videos are changed to 'strike' and my account is immediately suspended. '

The response and following conversation:

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- I receive a negative and unsatisfactory response from the claimant.

April 16, 2021:

- I decide to appeal the action.

- As I prepare my appeal, I receive the following mail (One day after suspending my account, they inform me that they will now terminate it).
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- I share the issue on 'Youtube forum
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- Forum locks the whole entry (from the very beginning). Only I can access it after logging in.

- I believe they will delete this one as well. But I will keep posting it to all relevant forums until they fix themselves.

Adverts interrupting this concert of Handle's Messiah is a serious absence of good judgement, sensitivity and taste. They were not present when I first listened to this excellent music making. Why were they added later ?

Interrupting this very remarkable performance of this religious work, with advertisements, is so appallingly crass as to be offensive.

Please can you remove all the advertisements ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3T6YwwU9s
Handel: Messiah
Karen Clift (soprano), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Bruce Fowler (tenor), Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
Boston Baroque Orchestra, Martin Pearlman
recorded /performed 3 years ago
The location is Abbatiale Saint-Robert, France. Situated in the town of La Chaise-Dieu.