TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds

Re:TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds by daedrdev on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:37PM (#45200217)

Youtube forces 30 seconds of adds multiple times a video. Tiktok has absolutely become more popular than youtube thanks to its less intrusive ads.

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Re:TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds by knowaveragejoe on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:39PM (#45200242)

tiktok videos themselves are often just ads.

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Re:TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds by cwillu on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:52PM (#45200463)

But they're not forced.

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Re:TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds by sirbutters on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @01:58PM (#45201403)

Am I the only one who absolutely despises vertical videos? For that reason alone I would not touch TikTok with a 10ft pole.

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Re:TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds by daedrdev on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:18PM (#45279403)

I would never watch them on a computer but they fit well on a phone in one hand

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