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I won't mind to watch some ADs from time to time. However, these guys have gotten too greedy with their advertisements and "buy premium" shit popping up every n
by mchicken 3y ago
I won't mind to watch some ADs from time to time. However, these guys have gotten too greedy with their advertisements and "buy premium" shit popping up every now and then. Heck, my experience without a blocker was that I had 2 freaking 15-second inserts every 5 minutes of video.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoIt also changes the nature of the content. I was watching some sports videos this week and all the advertisements were for gambling websites. Meant I was no longer comfortable watching the content around children.
- westurner 3y agoI think a lot of that is the (musical) artists/businesspeople demanding a higher - most reasonable - cut, so we all get more ads. Just think how expensive YouTube would be if artists started demanding royalties for works that match their video fingerprints (in addition to the payouts according to audio fingerprints that YouTube pioneered). Encoding, moderation, storage, and bandwidth cost money. I'm sure the YouTube financials and margin are posted. A video streaming service can afford to operate without ads only if: _____. You understand this if you've ever tried to host (multiply-reencoded) video on a shared hosting service with a bandwidth quota for $10-$20 a month. https://WebMonetization.org/ https://WebMonetization.org/ is one proposed solution to advertising-supported media.