>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 (

>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.