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There are no ads if you pay

RamblingCTO 3y ago
I don't like being bullied into a subscription by out of line ads. The subscription doesn't add any value. YouTube still fails to create a viable business model that doesn't depend on bullying.
scblock 3y ago
Until there are. You're crazy if you trust Google to not change this down the road.
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- jvolkman 3y ago
  They charge monthly. You can cancel.
- musictubes 3y ago
  You pay for the service that they offer now. If they add ads later on you can quit. Not paying now because of something they could do in the future doesn’t make any sense.
amelius 3y ago
It's not fair because they became a monopoly by offering a free service. Now they can ask whatever they want.
makeitdouble 3y ago
There's a lot of small prints for Youtube Premium.
zarathustreal 3y ago
Imagine paying for an ostensibly free service. It's like getting mugged and then offering to give the mugger even more money. Whose fault is it that YouTube isn't charging enough to cover hosting costs?
- jvolkman 3y ago
  I find the service valuable, so I'm happy to pay for it. I don't understand the opposition. If you don't want to pay, they offer an ad-supported version.
elkos 3y ago
keep in mind that several videos do have sponsored segments so again you can't get away from that without sponsorblock
kurthr 3y ago
That's not true at all. There are many advertisements/sponsorships within large YouTube creator channels now. It's regularly 1min or more in every 10min of video. I don't mind so much, because they are skippable and since it's the creators themselves rather than totally unrelated garbage.
- kervantas 3y ago
  SponsorBlock is the answer.
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- jvolkman 3y ago
  I don't think those in-content sponsorships are what this is about?
  - kurthr 3y ago
    I'd love to understand the downvote venom, but what what do you call in-content sponsorships after you've paid for YouTubeRed, if not ads? Are they not advertisements for products? Or ads only count, if they're auctioned words from Google? What's the new definition.
    - jvolkman 3y ago
      They're not ads that are controlled by Google/YouTube, so I guess I'm able to view them as pragmatically different. They also don't bother me much because they're generally presented by the content creator that I'm interested in watching, rather than being completely unrelated.

I don't like being bullied into a subscription by out of line ads. The subscription doesn't add any value. YouTube still fails to create a viable business model that doesn't depend on bullying.

scblock 3y ago

Until there are. You're crazy if you trust Google to not change this down the road.

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jvolkman 3y ago
They charge monthly. You can cancel.
musictubes 3y ago
You pay for the service that they offer now. If they add ads later on you can quit. Not paying now because of something they could do in the future doesn’t make any sense.

amelius 3y ago

It's not fair because they became a monopoly by offering a free service. Now they can ask whatever they want.

makeitdouble 3y ago

There's a lot of small prints for Youtube Premium.

zarathustreal 3y ago

Imagine paying for an ostensibly free service. It's like getting mugged and then offering to give the mugger even more money. Whose fault is it that YouTube isn't charging enough to cover hosting costs?

jvolkman 3y ago
I find the service valuable, so I'm happy to pay for it. I don't understand the opposition. If you don't want to pay, they offer an ad-supported version.

elkos 3y ago

keep in mind that several videos do have sponsored segments so again you can't get away from that without sponsorblock

kurthr 3y ago

That's not true at all. There are many advertisements/sponsorships within large YouTube creator channels now. It's regularly 1min or more in every 10min of video. I don't mind so much, because they are skippable and since it's the creators themselves rather than totally unrelated garbage.

kervantas 3y ago
SponsorBlock is the answer.
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jvolkman 3y ago
I don't think those in-content sponsorships are what this is about?
- kurthr 3y ago
  I'd love to understand the downvote venom, but what what do you call in-content sponsorships after you've paid for YouTubeRed, if not ads? Are they not advertisements for products? Or ads only count, if they're auctioned words from Google? What's the new definition.
  - jvolkman 3y ago
    They're not ads that are controlled by Google/YouTube, so I guess I'm able to view them as pragmatically different. They also don't bother me much because they're generally presented by the content creator that I'm interested in watching, rather than being completely unrelated.