I’ve been having trouble sleeping and I’d read good things about this. Gave it a try and fell asleep. It was wonderful for about 5 hours until an ad blasting in my ears woke me up. I was never able to fall back to sleep. Why would you do that? I know it’s money, I get it. But this is for people who have trouble sleeping. SLEEPING! Why would you not warn us that there is an ad in the middle of it? I’m not new to this and I have had ads pop up. Not in the middle! My house alarm might as well have gone off. So thanks I’m off to start my day feeling worse than I have all week.
Hey Liz! I hate mid-roll ads as much as you do (possibly even more). YouTube has become VERY aggressive with their advertising settings. They now do it whether creators say YES or NO. (For the record I definitely say NO.) Sorry this happened to you!
We also need to understand that eight hour videos have huuuuuge files... and data transfer isn't free. Unless you're signed up for YouTube Premium, it will likely happen again.
A much less expensive option: I am currently offering this track for "pay what you want" pricing if you'd like to give it another try directly from your device with zero advertising.
Liz Heydanek