# What's with the sudden pandemic of YouTube ads?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-sudden-pandemic-of-youtube-ads/1008770 "2024-10-14T15:55:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-sudden-pandemic-of-youtube-ads/1008770/81 "2025-04-16T15:46:22Z")

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Yeah, I think maybe you have to be in the partner program to have access to the control panel for ads, but the threshold requirements for that are nowhere near as difficult as they once were.

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