The next movie trailer you watch on YouTube is going to get a ton more views than one from last week. It’s not that the hypothetical new trailer is so much cooler than the hypothetical older one. But as of Monday, YouTube has changed how it counts public views of videos. The platform’s previous definition of 30 seconds is being replaced by views that “will be counted the moment a video begins to play — from the very first frame,” YouTube noted in an update last week. On one hand, the change will align YouTube with the way platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X count their video views. It also eliminates a dual system where longer YouTube…
