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Seems? That is exactly the point of an advertising company's product.
by beastman82 3y ago
Seems? That is exactly the point of an advertising company's product.
- astrange 3y agoYouTube sells ad-free access for $14 a month. It's as easy to avoid as can be.
- catketch 3y agoEven easier: Brave Browser. ad-free YouTube for $0/month
- olyjohn 3y agoFor now. I guarantee they will start putting ads in your premium membership plan. It's already happening in other services. They will do it using the boiling frog method. There is no way they will pass up a chance to make even more money. This is not a slippery slope argument either, this is what has happened over and over throughout history.
- kergonath 3y agoWell, at some point they pretended to care about user experience. They could not have got their user base if they were that user hostile from the beginning.
- andsoitis 3y ago> YouTube began running in-video ads in August 2007, with preroll ads introduced in 2008. Google bought YouTube in 2006. YouTube began running in-video ads in August 2007, with preroll ads introduced in 2008. User and usage growth since introduction of ads in 2097/2008 suggests your assertion is not correct.