> They might also turn the $7 into a requirement to watch YouTube at all, and show ads anyways. Yep. All cable channels started out ad-free. When cable was i

> They might also turn the $7 into a requirement to watch YouTube at all, and show ads anyways. Yep. All cable channels started out ad-free. When cable was introduced, the cost was $35/mo for all channels (there were no movie channels initially), justified by not having ads.