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> we don't run ads Historically Google only put ads when requested by the channel, which required a fairly significant threshold of views and subscribers and s
by chrismorgan 6y ago
> we don't run ads
Historically Google only put ads when requested by the channel, which required a fairly significant threshold of views and subscribers and supposedly manual review by Google. Some time last year they started a switch towards serving ads on all videos, regardless of the preferences of the channel (whether you’re big or small, whether you want ads or not), which I hear has been progressing steadily further and further. (I wouldn’t know. The internet’s too dangerous to view without an ad blocker. I also just generally hate ads and only see any at all when I leave my peaceful rural environs and go to the big city.)
- throwaway0b1 6y agoTrue, this is also something I should look into further (also, for example, to make sure that they don't force ads when a copyright claim is put on). Of course, that I don't ever look at it without an ad blocker makes it somewhat more difficult.
- chrismorgan 6y agoMy reading of the situation at the time was that if there was a copyright claim, the video would be monetised in certain regions (depending on the claimant). So once I cottoned on to the situation, I always disputed the claims before publishing, so that no one would be fed ads. Now, who knows. Once I returned from India to Australia I stopped uploading the videos personally, and I don’t intend to publish any of my own stuff that I might make to YouTube.
- throwaway0b1 6y agoYeah, I should probably just dispute them all at some point.