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YouTube is now an ad engine interspersed with some videos between the ads.

by dghughes 6y ago

darkhorse13 6y ago
That's a very reductive (and unoriginal) take.
- qzw 6y ago
  Sure, but doesn’t make it a (completely) false statement.
- selfhoster11 6y ago
  You should try Youtube on Android some day. You'll agree after a few videos.
cco 6y ago
I'm not sure if this is a failure of YouTube advertising it, joke intended, but YouTube Premium is the best value monthly subscription that I have. I just recently upgraded to the family plan at $17.99/month so I could add two of my friends. That's ~$6 per month to enjoy YouTube completely ad free, allows you to download YouTube videos to your phone for offline viewing, allows background play, _and_ gets you YouTube Music Premium(I still am using Google Play Music, but this is basically a "free" Spotify subscription) as well. Its such a good value for me and I think it'd be a great value to a lot of other people as well but every time I mention it I feel like people have never heard of it.
- unclekev 6y ago
  > I still am using Google Play Music Didn't they shut down Google Play Music recently?
  - partingshots 6y ago
    It’s just YouTube Music now.
- Eyght 6y ago
  I have YouTube premium too. Even though I probably watch more Twitch streams than YouTube, I still wouldn't consider paying for the Twitch equivalent because YouTube has so many useful videos (tutorials, lectures, historical photage, interviews, seminars etc.), while Twitch is 99.99% entertainment. I use the ads on Twitch as deterrence to get me back to watching something of substance instead.
- deleted 6y ago
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- zeepzeep 6y ago
  Just get YT Vanced for free for not only the same but even more. I understand that they have to pay their programmers and run the servers etc, but not like this. I buy a highlighted message in a stream every now and then or "join" a channel. But I won't ever accept to pay just not to have ads in front of my videos just to hear the guy saying this is todays sponsor, no.
ninkendo 6y ago
Every single time I get an ad in YouTube (this is on Apple TV) I just hit menu and open the video again. They never serve me ads on the followup request. Perhaps as a result, I get very few ads when I use YouTube. Maybe 2-3 ads per week. I go to a friend's house (also Apple TV) and every video they open they have to wait through 2 ads to watch it. Even with the same videos as the ones I watch. Maybe I've found a loophole in the system?
- kevindong 6y ago
  It also depends on the kinds of videos you want. Some creators (namely the very big names) very intentionally opt to include ads (sometimes multiple ads) during the course of their video aka the video specifically asks you to stay tuned after the ad break. It's been a while since I subscribed to YouTube Premium, but as I recall some of those midroll ads were unskippable.

YouTube is now an ad engine interspersed with some videos between the ads.

darkhorse13 6y ago

That's a very reductive (and unoriginal) take.

qzw 6y ago
Sure, but doesn’t make it a (completely) false statement.
selfhoster11 6y ago
You should try Youtube on Android some day. You'll agree after a few videos.

cco 6y ago

I'm not sure if this is a failure of YouTube advertising it, joke intended, but YouTube Premium is the best value monthly subscription that I have. I just recently upgraded to the family plan at $17.99/month so I could add two of my friends. That's ~$6 per month to enjoy YouTube completely ad free, allows you to download YouTube videos to your phone for offline viewing, allows background play, _and_ gets you YouTube Music Premium(I still am using Google Play Music, but this is basically a "free" Spotify subscription) as well. Its such a good value for me and I think it'd be a great value to a lot of other people as well but every time I mention it I feel like people have never heard of it.

unclekev 6y ago
> I still am using Google Play Music Didn't they shut down Google Play Music recently?
- partingshots 6y ago
  It’s just YouTube Music now.
Eyght 6y ago
I have YouTube premium too. Even though I probably watch more Twitch streams than YouTube, I still wouldn't consider paying for the Twitch equivalent because YouTube has so many useful videos (tutorials, lectures, historical photage, interviews, seminars etc.), while Twitch is 99.99% entertainment. I use the ads on Twitch as deterrence to get me back to watching something of substance instead.
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zeepzeep 6y ago
Just get YT Vanced for free for not only the same but even more. I understand that they have to pay their programmers and run the servers etc, but not like this. I buy a highlighted message in a stream every now and then or "join" a channel. But I won't ever accept to pay just not to have ads in front of my videos just to hear the guy saying this is todays sponsor, no.

ninkendo 6y ago

Every single time I get an ad in YouTube (this is on Apple TV) I just hit menu and open the video again. They never serve me ads on the followup request. Perhaps as a result, I get very few ads when I use YouTube. Maybe 2-3 ads per week. I go to a friend's house (also Apple TV) and every video they open they have to wait through 2 ads to watch it. Even with the same videos as the ones I watch. Maybe I've found a loophole in the system?

kevindong 6y ago
It also depends on the kinds of videos you want. Some creators (namely the very big names) very intentionally opt to include ads (sometimes multiple ads) during the course of their video aka the video specifically asks you to stay tuned after the ad break. It's been a while since I subscribed to YouTube Premium, but as I recall some of those midroll ads were unskippable.