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Youtube has been running ads since 2009 from a very cursory search. This isn't a new development from them.

• goku12 3y ago
  Doesn't that mean that there were at least 3 years before that when they didn't serve ads? I can certainly remember the days when you didn't need an ad-blocker to watch videos without ads. How are the other video hosting sites from those days doing now?
  • nhinck2 3y ago
    Hmm, I went back and it looks like they were selectively running ads all the way back in 2006 before google bought them.
• dietr1ch 3y ago
  Sure, but how long until they became profitable? Running at a loss to keep competition away sounds anti-competitive, but sure, there might not be a good way to tell a bad bet from an evil one.