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I don't think youtube has ever been ad free? Yet an awful lot of people feel entitled to it being so.

• diggan 3y ago
  Yes, it was initially ad-free. Then they first launched "participatory video ads", and when asked about expanding the ads into more areas, the CEO at the time said: > we think there are better ways for people to engage with brands than forcing them to watch a commercial before seeing content. You could ask anyone on the net if they enjoy that experience and they'd probably say no A year or so later, they launched ads that ran before the video played.
  • dageshi 3y ago
    Ahh, didn't know that. Still for probably 99% of the people who youtube it has always had ads given how small the userbase would've been 17-18 years ago.