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I used to watch YouTube quite a lot on my TV without ad blocking, but over the past few years the quantity and duration of ads became so incredibly ridiculous t
by jorams 3y ago
I used to watch YouTube quite a lot on my TV without ad blocking, but over the past few years the quantity and duration of ads became so incredibly ridiculous that I stopped doing that. It's probably not what they intended, but the primary effect is that I drastically cut down on the amount of time I spend watching YT. Whenever I do watch videos it's now on desktop or mobile with an ad blocker, and it's not enough to justify the price of Premium.
- randunel 3y agoA friend of mine has recently subscribed to his first ever subscription, youtube premium, because of the increased amount of ads on his tv, so I'd say it's an overall win for google.
- DEF14A 3y agoI can't imagine the data scientists at Google haven't already regressed minutes viewed on frequency of ads and found a negative association, though. I wonder if they have a minimum threshold of y at which point they begin reducing the frequency of ads shown.