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I wonder how much each ad pays YouTube, and whether any company like YouTube would consider simply deducting an amount from a running balance I hold with them i

I wonder how much each ad pays YouTube, and whether any company like YouTube would consider simply deducting an amount from a running balance I hold with them in exchange for not running ads. When the balance reaches zero, ads appear again, until I top it off. I presume this is not desirable for other reasons? Companies paying for their ads to display would strongly prefer ads display and not allow users to hid them in exchange for payments? (Gaining a new customer after displaying an ad perhaps is worth more than the cost of an ad?)

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bonzini 5y ago
That's what YouTube premium is, except it's fixed rather than top-up.
- Ajedi32 5y ago
  Maybe GP was talking about video _uploaders_ paying YouTube to host their unmonetized videos with no ads? Seems like that could be a useful service to offer now that it's no longer going to be free. (Though I believe Vimeo and others already offer competing services in that space, so if YouTube doesn't do it it's not a huge loss.)