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It’s going to be funny to see if the rest of the world adapts to the stupid amount of ads beeing shown on american TV, now that youtube seems to embrace that ro

by bsaul 3y ago

It’s going to be funny to see if the rest of the world adapts to the stupid amount of ads beeing shown on american TV, now that youtube seems to embrace that road (.) My guess is they won’t, and youtube will collapse. But it may take some time.. (.) I vividly remember my first attempt at watching a movie on public tv in the US, 20 years ago. The movie was cut because there was so many ads that the total length of the movie would have occupied the whole afternoon. so they simply removed random scenes, and as a result, the story didn’t make any sense at all.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
I expect Youtube to thrive and grab some of the revenue that cable/satellite TV and other companies in the media delivery chain used to. Various pricing tiers would segment the customers based on their ability and willingness to pay. Pay $100 per month to avoid all ads, pay $50 for some ads, pay $0 for all ads. And then throw in family/individual discounts and music, or Google Drive/Gmail bundles, etc.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  And couple years down the road, when they hit diminishing returns on subscriptions again, that $100 per month is going to start showing ads too. Once advertising is on the table, there is no stopping.
tourmalinetaco 3y ago
They even speed up TV shows to fit more ads in. And to think the whole point of paying for cable was initially to remove the need for ads.
wdr1 3y ago
> It’s going to be funny to see if the rest of the world adapts to the stupid amount of ads beeing shown on american TV, now that youtube seems to embrace that road (.) I'm not sure what you mean by "rest of the world". If you mean broadcast tv services in the rest of the world, they already have 30 second TV commercials. (They're actually the norm.) If you mean other streaming services, Hulu, Peacock, Pluto, Paramount+ etc all already have 30 second non-skippable ads.

by bsaul 3y ago

lotsofpulp 3y ago

I expect Youtube to thrive and grab some of the revenue that cable/satellite TV and other companies in the media delivery chain used to. Various pricing tiers would segment the customers based on their ability and willingness to pay. Pay $100 per month to avoid all ads, pay $50 for some ads, pay $0 for all ads. And then throw in family/individual discounts and music, or Google Drive/Gmail bundles, etc.

TeMPOraL 3y ago
And couple years down the road, when they hit diminishing returns on subscriptions again, that $100 per month is going to start showing ads too. Once advertising is on the table, there is no stopping.

tourmalinetaco 3y ago

They even speed up TV shows to fit more ads in. And to think the whole point of paying for cable was initially to remove the need for ads.

wdr1 3y ago

> It’s going to be funny to see if the rest of the world adapts to the stupid amount of ads beeing shown on american TV, now that youtube seems to embrace that road (.) I'm not sure what you mean by "rest of the world". If you mean broadcast tv services in the rest of the world, they already have 30 second TV commercials. (They're actually the norm.) If you mean other streaming services, Hulu, Peacock, Pluto, Paramount+ etc all already have 30 second non-skippable ads.