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I had to search to find out what programs YouTube actually produced, because I hadn't seen one in a good long while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_YouTu
by brendoelfrendo 5y ago
I had to search to find out what programs YouTube actually produced, because I hadn't seen one in a good long while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_YouTube_Premium_original_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_YouTube_Premium_origin...
Looks like most English-language content stopped in 2018 or 2019, though they continued producing films, documentaries, and a surprisingly large slate of kids shows through 2021.
I guess my point is that I don't think I've seen a YouTube Original advertised or recommended to me in years, so either this is a mercy killing of a division that never made anything all that good, or Google simply has no idea how to market the things that it creates. Heck, the one success of YouTube Originals that I remember, Cobra Kai, is now a Netflix show. How does that happen?
- ASalazarMX 5y agoIf only they had ran ads for the original shows instead of that exasperating "Do you want to try YouTube Premium?", "How about now?", "OK, I will ask you every time you open the app this week, just in case you change your mind".
- brendoelfrendo 5y agoAs a YouTube Premium subscriber, even once you're paying for the service, they don't really show you the originals any more than they did before. I do have an "Originals" button in the sidebar, but I don't think I've ever clicked it.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoSame here. I tried, and later paid for YouTube Premium for three months, mostly to get rid of ads their way. The experience was like regular YouTube, the YouTube Music service was very underwhelming, and the ad-free experience was not enough by itself to justify the service.
- lern_too_spel 5y agoIronically, Google's reluctance to provide tools for advertisors to make sure their ads perform means that Google also has no competence at making sure its own ads perform.