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You can see this kind of comment in every YouTube related posts, please, there's no free lunch, either pay for the subscription or use tools to block the ads.

gundmc 6y ago
I have no problem with some ads. I have a problem with midroll ads every 5 minutes and ads >> 2 minutes long when I've stepped away from my device and can't skip.
- actuator 6y ago
  Why not just pay for the service?
  - pb7 6y ago
    Because despite the common request to "let me pay a monthly fee to not see ads", the vast majority of people are too cheap to pay up. This is why ads are as prolific as they are.
    - jonas21 6y ago
      Okay, but how is that relevant in this case, where you can pay to remove the ads, regardless of whether other people do?
      - pb7 6y ago
        Because people are too cheap to pay. I thought that was clear in my comment.
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    For me it's a bit of a Catch-22. I don't watch much YouTube content anyways, but I've reduced my consumption over the years because of the ads. From what I can tell, there's nothing I want to watch anymore because I no longer know what's there (and of value to me). So the prospect of paying is absurd for me as I'd be buying something with no real value except to remove an annoyance on the few occasions each month I bother to watch something on YouTube. If I had a clearer reason to increase my YouTube consumption, I'd entertain paying. Other video services have clearer value to me in the content they provide so I pay for them. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
    - actuator 6y ago
      Yeah, If you are just watching videos rarely it can be tough to justify it. I still have some channels that I regularly consume plus travel and cooking/baking videos that I watch a lot so it made sense for me to pay for it.
- justapassenger 6y ago
  YouTube premium is available in tons of countries and they have family plans. I’ve been using it for years with my wife and it’s best money ever spent. Just pay for the content. You aren’t forced to watch those ads.
  - Simon_says 6y ago
    If you give Alphabet money directly, you’re just encouraging them.
    - Clewza313 6y ago
      What does that even mean? If you watch YouTube, you're just encouraging them.
    - justapassenger 6y ago
      To do what? Treat me more as a paying customer, and less as a product they resell to advertisers? I’ll happily encourage them to do that.
bawolff 6y ago
There is no free lunch for youtube either. Customers being less satisfied and whining about it on the internet is the cost of increasing the number of advertisements. If it wasn't, google would just put infinite adverts.
- systemvoltage 6y ago
  There is a market for infinite adverts. You remember ShopTV and other TV marketing channels streaming advertisements 24/7?
Arrath 6y ago
I was paying for the subscription but then they cancelled Google Music. Ad-free youtube was just a nice perk of that. The replacement in YouTube Music premium* does not come with the bonus of no ads on youtube videos, which I think is some straight crap. I had forgot they existed, damn near. *Unless there is another tier of subscription I haven't noticed. Time to look into adblocker for my phone.
- 762236 6y ago
  Nothing changed for me. I still have no ads on YouTube after my Play Music switched to YouTube Music.
  - Arrath 6y ago
    Welp, that's weird. Time to do some digging I guess.
    - comboy 6y ago
      I think they actually have a support you can contact - https://support.google.com/youtube/gethelp?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/gethelp?hl=en Now that's weird.
      - Arrath 6y ago
        No kidding! My biggest fear was that I'd be dealing with the Google Support Blackhole. Thanks so much for the link.
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gundmc 6y ago

I have no problem with some ads. I have a problem with midroll ads every 5 minutes and ads >> 2 minutes long when I've stepped away from my device and can't skip.

actuator 6y ago
Why not just pay for the service?
- pb7 6y ago
  Because despite the common request to "let me pay a monthly fee to not see ads", the vast majority of people are too cheap to pay up. This is why ads are as prolific as they are.
  - jonas21 6y ago
    Okay, but how is that relevant in this case, where you can pay to remove the ads, regardless of whether other people do?
    - pb7 6y ago
      Because people are too cheap to pay. I thought that was clear in my comment.
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  For me it's a bit of a Catch-22. I don't watch much YouTube content anyways, but I've reduced my consumption over the years because of the ads. From what I can tell, there's nothing I want to watch anymore because I no longer know what's there (and of value to me). So the prospect of paying is absurd for me as I'd be buying something with no real value except to remove an annoyance on the few occasions each month I bother to watch something on YouTube. If I had a clearer reason to increase my YouTube consumption, I'd entertain paying. Other video services have clearer value to me in the content they provide so I pay for them. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
  - actuator 6y ago
    Yeah, If you are just watching videos rarely it can be tough to justify it. I still have some channels that I regularly consume plus travel and cooking/baking videos that I watch a lot so it made sense for me to pay for it.
justapassenger 6y ago
YouTube premium is available in tons of countries and they have family plans. I’ve been using it for years with my wife and it’s best money ever spent. Just pay for the content. You aren’t forced to watch those ads.
- Simon_says 6y ago
  If you give Alphabet money directly, you’re just encouraging them.
  - Clewza313 6y ago
    What does that even mean? If you watch YouTube, you're just encouraging them.
  - justapassenger 6y ago
    To do what? Treat me more as a paying customer, and less as a product they resell to advertisers? I’ll happily encourage them to do that.

bawolff 6y ago

There is no free lunch for youtube either. Customers being less satisfied and whining about it on the internet is the cost of increasing the number of advertisements. If it wasn't, google would just put infinite adverts.

systemvoltage 6y ago
There is a market for infinite adverts. You remember ShopTV and other TV marketing channels streaming advertisements 24/7?

Arrath 6y ago

I was paying for the subscription but then they cancelled Google Music. Ad-free youtube was just a nice perk of that. The replacement in YouTube Music premium* does not come with the bonus of no ads on youtube videos, which I think is some straight crap. I had forgot they existed, damn near. *Unless there is another tier of subscription I haven't noticed. Time to look into adblocker for my phone.

762236 6y ago
Nothing changed for me. I still have no ads on YouTube after my Play Music switched to YouTube Music.
- Arrath 6y ago
  Welp, that's weird. Time to do some digging I guess.
  - comboy 6y ago
    I think they actually have a support you can contact - https://support.google.com/youtube/gethelp?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/gethelp?hl=en Now that's weird.
    - Arrath 6y ago
      No kidding! My biggest fear was that I'd be dealing with the Google Support Blackhole. Thanks so much for the link.
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