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The solution to this is $11.99 a month. The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drin
by ssharp 4y ago
The solution to this is $11.99 a month.
The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drink, a coffee, etc. but to remove ads for access to an enormous vault of content that provides endless value, NEVER!!!
- alberth 4y agoCable TV started that way. No ads because you paid $x/month.
- plebianRube 4y agoSo did Netflix and Amazon Prime.
- lesuorac 4y ago> Cable TV started that way. No ads because you paid $x/month [Citation Needed] https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-invaded-by-commercials.html#:~:text=Although%20cable%20television%20was%20never,by%20viewers'%20monthly%20subscription%20fees https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv....
- postalrat 4y agoEveryone starts paying them 11.99 or whatever and they will still start adding ads. Gotta keep the revenue charts pointing up for the investors.
- throw_a_grenade 4y agoWhere does it say paying actually will remove ads, and if it is, how long it will be until google will change their mind?
- jonas21 4y agoIt says so right on the landing page, https://www.youtube.com/premium https://www.youtube.com/premium. > YouTube and YouTube Music ad-free, offline, and in the background It amazes me that when it's pointed out that you can easily buy an ad-free experience, people immediately double down on some hypothetical situation where you can't.
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoYoutube premium does remove ads: https://www.youtube.com/premium https://www.youtube.com/premium. Also, why do you have to worry about the problem that doesn't exist now. Even if they change their mind in 6 months, you would be charged for just 6 months if you decide paying at current rate is good thing to pay.
- MisterSandman 4y agoYouTube premium pays creators more per view than an ad-watcher pays, which probabaly means that the amount of money YouTube earns through a premium subscriber is more than they get from ads watched by an average user in a month. So, I would say it's unlikely Google will change this up. Premium is expensive and Google knows how easy it is to download AdBlock, even on mobile, so they'll be playing with fire.
- mccorrinall 4y agoAnd at 12$ a month I still have to watch through all these 1min long sponsored segments. YouTube without sponsorblock became unusable. For iOS I recommend uYouPlus: https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus
- missedthecue 4y agoThese sponsorships really only took off in the past 5 years as adblock soared in popularity. There may be a causal factor there.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoGiven how few people use adblock, I seriously doubt that it was what drove people to start putting ads in the video proper.
- missedthecue 4y ago27% of internet users use adblock, but in certain youtube related audiences like tech it's probably above 80%.
- mccorrinall 4y ago70% of global watch time on YouTube comes from phones and tablets (2018). I don’t think adblock is an issue here. https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/search/global-youtube-mobile-watch-time-statistics/ https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/search/...