Why are ads suddenly appearing on my YouTube videos?

Anonymous
2024-08-06T23:39:51+00:00

Hi,

I've been working with hundreds of presentations using YouTube videos and had no trouble with ads till now (8/5/24).

I have a Premium YouTube account and have spoken with tech support at YouTube and Microsoft. The problem remains unresolved.

Help!
Alyson

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For education | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-16T01:30:42+00:00

    We are seeing the same thing here in Australia. Previously able to embed youtube videos into Powerpoint on windows desktop without ads playing, now it doesnt work.

    If you play the video directly from youtube, no ads, embed the video using a hyperkink into powerpoint and ads play.

    We have tried 2 different accts, a personal youtube premium acct and an education login using approved videos.

    Frustrating when trying to produce a professional document for presentation.

    Please fix this issue.

    I have reported this on Microsoft feedback portal, so please vote for it, so it will get looked at sooner

    thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-15T06:15:46+00:00

    Hi there

    Just to endorse, this sudden change happened in Australia about two weeks ago - except the Youtube ads seem to be focussed on selling hamburgers (Hungry Jacks - like McDonalds), not politics! Luckily I am not giving presentations to vegetarians.

    Chris

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-14T11:23:05+00:00

    Thanks Paul,

    Although I am not familiar with google slides I will check out your workaround. I really appreciate your following up with YouTube. The more users that raise the issue and complain or cancel their YouTube premium will hopefully make Google address the issue.

    Also, thanks for taking the time to respond and letting me know. Until yesterday, before seeing these posts, I thought I was doing something wrong or was the only one with the issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-14T10:41:20+00:00

    I followed up with YouTube and was on a chat with one of their representatives and here is their response to the ads appearing in PowerPoint:

    3:10:44 AM Nas: I further checked this issue you are experiencing with embedded YouTube videos in Microsoft Powerpoint.
3:10:56 AM Nas: Let me shed some light on this. Apparently, this is working as intended.
3:11:11 AM Nas: YouTube Ads will show even if you have a YouTube Premium subscription. This is because Microsoft PowerPoint is a third-party app.
3:11:20 AM Nas: YouTube Premium only works with the YouTube app or the YouTube website.
3:11:32 AM Nas: I hope this helps clarify your concern.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-14T09:43:25+00:00

    Onward,

    Thank you for your response. I have already cancelled my youtube premium subscription as using it for PowerPoint was my main reason for using it. I will try reaching out to Google. I would think this would be a major issue.

    When I copy the URL over to PowerPoint it is the exact same URL but PowerPoint plays ads. For a tech novice this is so frustrating. This is Big Tech at its worst. I am going to try other avenues outside of these two companies as the advertisements are Political, it's just not right.

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