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That is literally how YouTube Premium works today, but people seem to feel entitled to watch without paying any money and blocking the ads.
by Mindwipe 6y ago
That is literally how YouTube Premium works today, but people seem to feel entitled to watch without paying any money and blocking the ads.
- franciscop 6y agoWill the sponsored bits be skipped if you pay for Youtube Premium? Or would you get to both pay AND be shown the sponsored segments?
- axiosgunnar 6y agoGreat question and we all know the answer.
- Nextgrid 6y agoI can't blame people for not giving money and personal information (signing up to Premium requires creating a Google account and provide true personal information for billing purposes) to a hostile company that makes its money on stalking users.
- throwaway3699 6y agoSo, basically, ads are more private than subscriptions?
- Nextgrid 6y agoWhen it comes from a hostile company, yes. You can mitigate the privacy impact of ads with countermeasures such as ad-blockers or provide fake personal information if asked. You can't easily do so with paid services because you need to provide real information for the payment to be processed. This requires mutual trust on both sides of the transaction.
- donw 6y agoMaybe. But Google has sacrificed trust. Look at the comments under "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube"[1]. And this is on Hacker News, probably one of the more Google-friendly communities you'll find online. This is how you kill a vibrant community of creators. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26880582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26880582
- anoncake 6y agoOf course. I'm entitled to block ads and I'm entitled to watch things that are offered for free without paying. If you want to be paid for something, don't give it away for free.