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I myself contributed to those ad earnings by watching 4 ads in a 10 min video.
by nine_zeros 3y ago
I myself contributed to those ad earnings by watching 4 ads in a 10 min video.
- atlasunshrugged 3y agoDitto. But I do wonder how much ad time is just people using it to listen to music in the background and not really listening to ads (maybe this is priced in anyways and it doesn't matter, but traveling around eastern europe a lot I was surprised how many people used Youtube this way)
- InitialLastName 3y agoThe advertising people know that they can slip information and impressions into your brain whether you think you're listening/reading/clicking or not. All they really need to do is tick a few % of the marginal decision-makers who need to (for example) buy a car to say "I should consider a Ford" and they've covered the ad budget.
- summerlight 3y agoThis is why "impression" metrics are not very useful. Perhaps 99% of impressions are just wasted so advertisers prefer to pay for clicks, or even conversions.
- asynchronous 3y agoYTDL over my dead body.
- apples_oranges 3y agoYou could find ways around that .. after all this is Hacker News.
- minsc_and_boo 3y agoHonest question: Why not subscribe? IIRC content creators get more revenue per user from YT premium than ads.
- macintux 3y agoI pay, and it’s worth it for me, but I hate giving money to Google, and paying nearly twice what any streaming service charges is painful.
- progbits 3y agoTwice? For me YT Premium is cheaper than even the cheapest Neflix plan, same for Disney and HBO, only Apple TV is cheaper (barely).
- crazygringo 3y agoYT premium is now $13.99. Netflix starts at $6.99. That's exactly double if you ignore the missing pennies. Netflix Standard is $15.49 though, if we're comparing without ads.
- ericpauley 3y agoThe $6.99/mo Netflix plan is with ads. The comparable YouTube plan is $0/mo. The comparble Netflix plan to YT premium is $15.49/mo.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoAnd YouTube includes music streaming.
- mattlondon 3y agoIn the UK YT Premium is £11.99, Netflix Standard (no ads) is £10.99 For comparison my 5G phone plan is £10/month, and my home fibre connection ADSL is £22/month. YouTube premium is therefore a tough sell - with netflix you at least get loads of stuff you wouldn't have seen otherwise, YT you get the same stuff you could see anyway, just without ads. I personally don't see that as a good deal. If it was like £2 or £3 a month to remove the ads, then great sign me up. But it's not.
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- lacrimacida 3y agoDon’t worry, I offset you some by installing adblockers on many older people’s phones and computers, especially people who aren’t technical and had no idea how to do it themselves.
- christophilus 3y agoI’m genuinely curious to know: why do some folks browse the web without using an ad blocker? That’s not a rhetorical question. I understand grandma may not be technically savvy enough. But for anyone reading HN, why aren’t you using an ad blocker?
- hdesh 3y agoMaybe they watched it on a TV and do not have access to an ad blocker on the Youtube app on the TV.
- goalonetwo 3y agoSmartTube is a life-saver on TV. It replaces the default youtube app and removes all the ads/sponsored sections
- slongfield 3y agoThere are some people who see it as an ethical position: ad supported businesses need to serve ads to survive. If you don't want to see those ads, and the business doesn't offer a subscription plan, just don't go to those websites.
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- timeon 3y ago> just don't go to those websites I know this is Youtube, but in general: I would gladly avoid those sites but they are gaming the SEO. They are getting in the way.
- nine_zeros 3y agoAd blockers don't work on phones, which is increasingly the medium of consumption.
- silisili 3y ago