When scrolling through the feed, an ad appears on the screen with a small notification indicating a commercial break (and a counter that can be three or five seconds)13377x.
During the countdown, people are prevented from skipping the ad, just like initial advertising when watching a YouTube video without a Premium subscriber. Only after the stipulated time has elapsed does Instagram allow you to move on to the next post .
Instagram tests feature that forces ad display in the feed
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