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For years and years and years people have said "just let me pay to turn off ads." YTP is right there.

cplusplusfellow 3y ago
I have YTP but when I installed the app on my iPhone, they still served me Ads. I don’t see ads if I use chrome to browse to YT. Or on my desktop. Does anyone else experience this?
probably_wrong 3y ago
There's one detail that discussions tend to ignore when talking about ads and YTP. But before that let me tell you about today's sponsor SouthVPN. Browse the internet securely and privately with SouthVPN. Use promo code "YTPHN" for 10% off your first three months. Now back to out comment: paying for YTP doesn't turn off all ads. Nor tracking, for that matter. Comment, like and subscribe for more content like this.
- ACV001 3y ago
  Epic
- Crash0v3rid3 3y ago
  You can forward through sponsored segments. Or, maybe vote with your viewership and don't watch content creators that have sponsored segments.
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    Or I could automate the process via extensions like SponsorBlock.
- pests 3y ago
  Find better creators. They are the ones making the content, after all. Very odd to blame the platform for this.
  - Cpoll 3y ago
    I don't know if in-video ads are a mark of a bad creator. It seems like it's one of the only ways to make money on YT if your primary product is videos (as opposed to having a larger brand, product, merchandise, etc). So you can blame the platform for showing ads and pocketing the profit... Although I wouldn't off-hand, I don't know what the profits are, and YT has historically been operating at a loss afaik.
- vhcr 3y ago
  SponsorBlock
- HipOpotamus1489 3y ago
  I've added the idea with the ad insertion to my Moleskin, as they said in Russia 15 years ago.
tlivolsi 3y ago
I refuse to let them associate my video history to an easily-trackable account.
prirun 3y ago
Anyone who knows the history of cable TV (or today's streaming services for that matter) will know that paying to turn off ads is great, until Google gets entrenched enough that they can put ads back in for paying subscribers.
- tmtvl 3y ago
  But then there's no value in Premium, how could they sell it then?
- okdood64 3y ago
  > until Google gets entrenched enough that they can put ads back in for paying subscribers. I keep seeing this repeated, and this has never been a valid argument, even if this may end up being true. You can cancel when that happens.
vhcr 3y ago
I know YTP is YouTube Premium, but I keep reading YouTube poop.
HenryBemis 3y ago
My issue is not about "paying for ads". My issue is the tracking, collection of data, and selling to anyone that will buy. It is funny how even in the 'premium' package data collection remains as is.

I have YTP but when I installed the app on my iPhone, they still served me Ads. I don’t see ads if I use chrome to browse to YT. Or on my desktop. Does anyone else experience this?

probably_wrong 3y ago

There's one detail that discussions tend to ignore when talking about ads and YTP. But before that let me tell you about today's sponsor SouthVPN. Browse the internet securely and privately with SouthVPN. Use promo code "YTPHN" for 10% off your first three months. Now back to out comment: paying for YTP doesn't turn off all ads. Nor tracking, for that matter. Comment, like and subscribe for more content like this.

ACV001 3y ago
Epic
Crash0v3rid3 3y ago
You can forward through sponsored segments. Or, maybe vote with your viewership and don't watch content creators that have sponsored segments.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  Or I could automate the process via extensions like SponsorBlock.
pests 3y ago
Find better creators. They are the ones making the content, after all. Very odd to blame the platform for this.
- Cpoll 3y ago
  I don't know if in-video ads are a mark of a bad creator. It seems like it's one of the only ways to make money on YT if your primary product is videos (as opposed to having a larger brand, product, merchandise, etc). So you can blame the platform for showing ads and pocketing the profit... Although I wouldn't off-hand, I don't know what the profits are, and YT has historically been operating at a loss afaik.
vhcr 3y ago
SponsorBlock
HipOpotamus1489 3y ago
I've added the idea with the ad insertion to my Moleskin, as they said in Russia 15 years ago.

tlivolsi 3y ago

I refuse to let them associate my video history to an easily-trackable account.

prirun 3y ago

Anyone who knows the history of cable TV (or today's streaming services for that matter) will know that paying to turn off ads is great, until Google gets entrenched enough that they can put ads back in for paying subscribers.

tmtvl 3y ago
But then there's no value in Premium, how could they sell it then?
okdood64 3y ago
> until Google gets entrenched enough that they can put ads back in for paying subscribers. I keep seeing this repeated, and this has never been a valid argument, even if this may end up being true. You can cancel when that happens.

vhcr 3y ago

I know YTP is YouTube Premium, but I keep reading YouTube poop.

HenryBemis 3y ago

My issue is not about "paying for ads". My issue is the tracking, collection of data, and selling to anyone that will buy. It is funny how even in the 'premium' package data collection remains as is.