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I mean, obviously more ads are annoying, but I don't see how this is functionally worse than TV ads. You can't skip those either, and unlike with YouTube there'

I mean, obviously more ads are annoying, but I don't see how this is functionally worse than TV ads. You can't skip those either, and unlike with YouTube there's not even an option to pay to get rid of them.

out-of-ideas 3y ago
1) people use youtube to not have to see TV ads 2) tv ads of today are wildly different that TV ads of years ago; they (ads) are simply getting more aggressive every year 3) electronic DRMs means an AD company knows exactly which microseconds were watched and by whom; many folks do not want to be tracked like that (and more folks simply "dont care" and offer "logic" along the lines "everybody poops, who cares if they know when i go poop", ect
- tssva 3y ago
  > 1) people use youtube to not have to see TV ads Then the good news is they still can by paying for YouTube Premium. The service has to be paid for somehow and Google gives you two choices, your eyeballs or a subscription.
  - stuaxo 3y ago
    The way Google acts makes you resent them enough to never want to pay them.
    - thiht 3y ago
      Yes. I just don’t trust Google to not add some ads even for Premium users at some point.
      - tssva 3y ago
        Luckily YouTube Premium isn't a life long commitment. If Google starts injecting ads for YouTube Premium users just quit.
    - tssva 3y ago
      The way Google acts may make you not want to give them money but not me. I pay for YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, Google One, and Google Play Pass.
  - out-of-ideas 3y ago
    this is like saying: i pay for TV, and yet i still am provided ads; why do I see ads when I pay for TV?
    - tssva 3y ago
      We are talking about YouTube not TV. If you pay for YouTube Premium Google doesn't inject any ads. If the videos of the independent creator you chose to watch on YouTube includes sponsored content that is an issue to raise with the creator not Google.
stuaxo 3y ago
Many of us don't watch terrestrial TV because of the ads.
reaperducer 3y ago
unlike with YouTube there's not even an option to pay to get rid of them. That was one of the big selling points of cable TV when it started: because you were paying for the service, there was no need for commercials. I remember when cable started adding channels with commercials. "Who's going to pay to watch that?" smarty pants people said. Yet, here we are. Just wait until ads start popping up on the paid YouTube service. The greed is just too strong.

out-of-ideas 3y ago

1) people use youtube to not have to see TV ads 2) tv ads of today are wildly different that TV ads of years ago; they (ads) are simply getting more aggressive every year 3) electronic DRMs means an AD company knows exactly which microseconds were watched and by whom; many folks do not want to be tracked like that (and more folks simply "dont care" and offer "logic" along the lines "everybody poops, who cares if they know when i go poop", ect

tssva 3y ago
> 1) people use youtube to not have to see TV ads Then the good news is they still can by paying for YouTube Premium. The service has to be paid for somehow and Google gives you two choices, your eyeballs or a subscription.
- stuaxo 3y ago
  The way Google acts makes you resent them enough to never want to pay them.
  - thiht 3y ago
    Yes. I just don’t trust Google to not add some ads even for Premium users at some point.
    - tssva 3y ago
      Luckily YouTube Premium isn't a life long commitment. If Google starts injecting ads for YouTube Premium users just quit.
  - tssva 3y ago
    The way Google acts may make you not want to give them money but not me. I pay for YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, Google One, and Google Play Pass.
- out-of-ideas 3y ago
  this is like saying: i pay for TV, and yet i still am provided ads; why do I see ads when I pay for TV?
  - tssva 3y ago
    We are talking about YouTube not TV. If you pay for YouTube Premium Google doesn't inject any ads. If the videos of the independent creator you chose to watch on YouTube includes sponsored content that is an issue to raise with the creator not Google.

stuaxo 3y ago

Many of us don't watch terrestrial TV because of the ads.

reaperducer 3y ago

unlike with YouTube there's not even an option to pay to get rid of them. That was one of the big selling points of cable TV when it started: because you were paying for the service, there was no need for commercials. I remember when cable started adding channels with commercials. "Who's going to pay to watch that?" smarty pants people said. Yet, here we are. Just wait until ads start popping up on the paid YouTube service. The greed is just too strong.