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I've never bought YT premium but from what other users have said, they still show ads anyway.

LegitShady 3y ago
negative. No youtube ads when using premium.
wnevets 3y ago
I've never seen an ad from YouTube with premium. Creators inserting ads into their own videos are outside of YouTubes control
- hypeatei 3y ago
  Ah okay. Maybe there is confusion between their YT Music premium and the "video" premium. Some also seem to be saying that sponsored content is what they're referring to.
- Modified3019 3y ago
  “Sponsorblock” is a crowdsourced tool that helps take care of creator ads: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ Yt-dlp can also make use of it.
  - wnevets 3y ago
    I just avoid any creator that is spamming their videos with sponsors. For example I have zero problem with how Gamers Nexus does their sponsor bits and it's just not worth trying to block them.
- sophacles 3y ago
  Not really. YouTube can simply say "you must tell us when the sponsored ad starts and stops", and skip over those. Creators who don't do that can face demonitization and having their videos removed from the recommender for premium users. They have all sorts of rules that content creators must follow or it hurts the creator's bottom line - I don't see how this would be different.
  - wnevets 3y ago
    Is YouTube gonna compensate the creators for that lost in Revenue, drastically increase the price of premium or just force them to leave YouTube? Adam Ragusea has a good break down [1] of how making money with YouTube works and your plan ruins the economics of being a creator. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pVD9Bya3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pVD9Bya3E
    - brewdad 3y ago
      Maybe the world needs fewer career creators then.
      - wnevets 3y ago
        then the usefulness of YouTube and its premium services deceases.
      - taylodl 3y ago
        You always have the power to not watch those channels. If they lose viewership, and thus income, then there will be fewer creators.
Tyr42 3y ago
There isn't an option to hide shorts.
hermannj314 3y ago
I have YouTube Premium, and YouTube does not show me ads to serve me the content they host. I also get YT Music, so it is a great value. I am not sure where you have been misinformed. Content creators negotiate privately with companies and put relevant ads into their content. YouTube does not force content creators to do this and many do not. This has nothing to do with YouTube or YouTube Premium. I like that YouTube does not illegally suppress the right for content creators to negotiate these private contracts.
savanaly 3y ago
No, they don't. I have been using YT Premium for years and never seen a third party ad of the type I assume you're alluding to. It is true they don't seem to even attempt to prevent video creators from adding ads within the video itself (explicit or implicit product endorsements especially). These ads aren't as objectionable because the incentive is there for the video creator to ensure the ad doesn't drive you away from the video, and often they try their best to make the ad entertaining in the same way their video is. This would be impractical for YT to enforce since the line is blurry between ad and content, so I don't get too grumpy about it, but I would love to pay an additional amount of money to be totally free of the ads.

negative. No youtube ads when using premium.

I've never seen an ad from YouTube with premium. Creators inserting ads into their own videos are outside of YouTubes control

hypeatei 3y ago
Ah okay. Maybe there is confusion between their YT Music premium and the "video" premium. Some also seem to be saying that sponsored content is what they're referring to.
Modified3019 3y ago
“Sponsorblock” is a crowdsourced tool that helps take care of creator ads: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ Yt-dlp can also make use of it.
- wnevets 3y ago
  I just avoid any creator that is spamming their videos with sponsors. For example I have zero problem with how Gamers Nexus does their sponsor bits and it's just not worth trying to block them.
sophacles 3y ago
Not really. YouTube can simply say "you must tell us when the sponsored ad starts and stops", and skip over those. Creators who don't do that can face demonitization and having their videos removed from the recommender for premium users. They have all sorts of rules that content creators must follow or it hurts the creator's bottom line - I don't see how this would be different.
- wnevets 3y ago
  Is YouTube gonna compensate the creators for that lost in Revenue, drastically increase the price of premium or just force them to leave YouTube? Adam Ragusea has a good break down [1] of how making money with YouTube works and your plan ruins the economics of being a creator. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pVD9Bya3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pVD9Bya3E
  - brewdad 3y ago
    Maybe the world needs fewer career creators then.
    - wnevets 3y ago
      then the usefulness of YouTube and its premium services deceases.
    - taylodl 3y ago
      You always have the power to not watch those channels. If they lose viewership, and thus income, then there will be fewer creators.

Tyr42 3y ago

There isn't an option to hide shorts.

hermannj314 3y ago

I have YouTube Premium, and YouTube does not show me ads to serve me the content they host. I also get YT Music, so it is a great value. I am not sure where you have been misinformed. Content creators negotiate privately with companies and put relevant ads into their content. YouTube does not force content creators to do this and many do not. This has nothing to do with YouTube or YouTube Premium. I like that YouTube does not illegally suppress the right for content creators to negotiate these private contracts.

savanaly 3y ago

No, they don't. I have been using YT Premium for years and never seen a third party ad of the type I assume you're alluding to. It is true they don't seem to even attempt to prevent video creators from adding ads within the video itself (explicit or implicit product endorsements especially). These ads aren't as objectionable because the incentive is there for the video creator to ensure the ad doesn't drive you away from the video, and often they try their best to make the ad entertaining in the same way their video is. This would be impractical for YT to enforce since the line is blurry between ad and content, so I don't get too grumpy about it, but I would love to pay an additional amount of money to be totally free of the ads.