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What? I pay for youtube premium and I never see ads on youtube. How are they double-dipping?

CubsFan1060 3y ago
They are probably referring to ads that the video creators put in.
enragedcacti 3y ago
Lots of people seem to feel like they are being ripped off that videos still contain sponsored segments when paying for YT Premium. I don't really get it but it seems common on HN.
- brewdad 3y ago
  Maybe because those sponsored segments are literally ads. The whole value proposition of YT Premium was that I pay to remove ads and YT pays the creators I watch so they don't need to do that crap.
  - bananapub 3y ago
    you want YouTube to interfere with the content of videos even more than they do now? how much assurance do you want that a video doesn't have any sponsorship? a human viewing each video before it goes on to the CDN? affadvit from the poster that they didn't receive money from any VPN company before mentioning a VPN? why are you blaming YouTube for the poor quality content you're choosing to watch, instead of not watching it or blaming the creator?
  - enragedcacti 3y ago
    YT has nothing to do with them and imo there's no reasonable policy line to draw between the many forms of native advertising with their varying levels of invasiveness, nor should we really want YT to be the arbiter. You also have never been required to watch them! I just right arrow a couple of times but if you want it automated you can just use SponsorBlock and feel content that in exchange the creator is getting extra revenue from your Premium subscription.
eindiran 3y ago
You understand we are talking about Google Ads right? Of course they are double-dipping; they use your YT premium video info as more fuel for their internet-spanning ad network megalith. They don't need to show you ads in the videos themselves to be double-dipping.
iszomer 3y ago
Probably about the _analytics_ YT will continue to sell to advertisers, I'm guessing.

They are probably referring to ads that the video creators put in.

Lots of people seem to feel like they are being ripped off that videos still contain sponsored segments when paying for YT Premium. I don't really get it but it seems common on HN.

brewdad 3y ago
Maybe because those sponsored segments are literally ads. The whole value proposition of YT Premium was that I pay to remove ads and YT pays the creators I watch so they don't need to do that crap.
- bananapub 3y ago
  you want YouTube to interfere with the content of videos even more than they do now? how much assurance do you want that a video doesn't have any sponsorship? a human viewing each video before it goes on to the CDN? affadvit from the poster that they didn't receive money from any VPN company before mentioning a VPN? why are you blaming YouTube for the poor quality content you're choosing to watch, instead of not watching it or blaming the creator?
- enragedcacti 3y ago
  YT has nothing to do with them and imo there's no reasonable policy line to draw between the many forms of native advertising with their varying levels of invasiveness, nor should we really want YT to be the arbiter. You also have never been required to watch them! I just right arrow a couple of times but if you want it automated you can just use SponsorBlock and feel content that in exchange the creator is getting extra revenue from your Premium subscription.

eindiran 3y ago

You understand we are talking about Google Ads right? Of course they are double-dipping; they use your YT premium video info as more fuel for their internet-spanning ad network megalith. They don't need to show you ads in the videos themselves to be double-dipping.

iszomer 3y ago

Probably about the _analytics_ YT will continue to sell to advertisers, I'm guessing.