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Nobody is entitled to ad-free YouTube. But I wonder how this will end up affecting the bottom line of creators. The more forced ads I see, the less I'll use You
by glimshe 2y ago
Nobody is entitled to ad-free YouTube. But I wonder how this will end up affecting the bottom line of creators. The more forced ads I see, the less I'll use YouTube, so the less creators will make (even if Google makes the same as I wasn't watching the Ads anyway).
I don't see a world where people who use ad blockers will suddenly feel fine with a ton of ads instead of picking another activity.
- jsnell 2y agoCreators aren't paid some flat fee per view. They're paid a revenue share. By blocking the ads, you're already making sure the creators won't get paid for your views, and they lose nothing when you watch fewer of their videos.
- beardyw 2y agoYes, but surely since the money for creators comes from advertisers who will pay for ads watched, not skipped I assume, it might all work out the same? Like you I hate to watch ads now. I have a box for live TV which allows a 30 minute pause, so when I want to watch something "live" I tend to start it, pause, and then come back later so I can skip past the ads. Perhaps people will try something like that?
- drpossum 2y agoI am entitled to ad-free Youtube because I pay them to not see ads.
- no_time 2y ago>But I wonder how this will end up affecting the bottom line of creators. The more forced ads I see, the less I'll use YouTube, so the less creators will make (even if Google makes the same as I wasn't watching the Ads anyway). You underestimate the cultural hold youtube has over large parts of the entire population. They could overlay goatse at 50% opacity on every single video and people would still watch it.