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I don't think that's impractical - isn't it exactly what YouTube Premium offers, ad free viewing for £12.99 a month. I watch quite a lot of content on YouTube

by arethuza 10mo ago

I don't think that's impractical - isn't it exactly what YouTube Premium offers, ad free viewing for £12.99 a month. I watch quite a lot of content on YouTube and really should sign up for Premium but I feel that the shockingly irrelevant ads I get presented with on YouTube are trying to drive me to sign for it - they're certainly not going to get me to buy anything!

jaapz 10mo ago
YouTube has been increasing both the amount, frequency and length of ads in their video's for a long time now. They know people will keep using them anyway because of the network effect, and people who are really fed up with these ads will buy premium anyway. For them it's a win/win.
- 999900000999 10mo ago
  It's a decent deal. Comes with YouTube Music for 15$. I probably use YouTube more than any other website, for about 10 minutes my premium subscription had expired and u rushed to throw money at Google to turn it back on. Musicians complain about low streaming payouts, but 30 years ago I'd pay $40 ( inflation adjusted) for 15 songs and only like 3 of them. Now I can listen to 500 or 600 unique songs a month + music that would of had to be imported for that 15$. If I actually like an artist I'll buy an album as a keepsake.
- mmmlinux 10mo ago
  Don't pretend that its just YouTube forcing the ads on you. The creators can choose where ads go in their videos.
  - TeMPOraL 10mo ago
    The "creators" are complicit, and are in fact directly responsible for the worst aspects of the platform. Especially with most popular and well-known ones, the content itself is typically a very long, insidious ad, which makes the platform-supplied ad breaks a breath of fresh air in comparison.
nalekberov 10mo ago
Yet, most content on YouTube these days are sponsored by the companies trying to sell you a crap. And with 'Native ads' it's nearly impossible to have ad-free experience nowadays.
- gordonhart 10mo ago
  SponsorBlock works very well for skipping in-video ads.
- pixl97 10mo ago
  >most content on YouTube these days are sponsored by the companies trying to sell you a crap. Because YT doesn't pay shit to content creators, hence being part of creating this. The people making the content need to make a living too, as much as ads suck.
- SchemaLoad 10mo ago
  At least on youtube premium it has a feature to "Skip commonly skipped section".

jaapz 10mo ago

YouTube has been increasing both the amount, frequency and length of ads in their video's for a long time now. They know people will keep using them anyway because of the network effect, and people who are really fed up with these ads will buy premium anyway. For them it's a win/win.

999900000999 10mo ago
It's a decent deal. Comes with YouTube Music for 15$. I probably use YouTube more than any other website, for about 10 minutes my premium subscription had expired and u rushed to throw money at Google to turn it back on. Musicians complain about low streaming payouts, but 30 years ago I'd pay $40 ( inflation adjusted) for 15 songs and only like 3 of them. Now I can listen to 500 or 600 unique songs a month + music that would of had to be imported for that 15$. If I actually like an artist I'll buy an album as a keepsake.
mmmlinux 10mo ago
Don't pretend that its just YouTube forcing the ads on you. The creators can choose where ads go in their videos.
- TeMPOraL 10mo ago
  The "creators" are complicit, and are in fact directly responsible for the worst aspects of the platform. Especially with most popular and well-known ones, the content itself is typically a very long, insidious ad, which makes the platform-supplied ad breaks a breath of fresh air in comparison.

nalekberov 10mo ago

Yet, most content on YouTube these days are sponsored by the companies trying to sell you a crap. And with 'Native ads' it's nearly impossible to have ad-free experience nowadays.

gordonhart 10mo ago
SponsorBlock works very well for skipping in-video ads.
pixl97 10mo ago
>most content on YouTube these days are sponsored by the companies trying to sell you a crap. Because YT doesn't pay shit to content creators, hence being part of creating this. The people making the content need to make a living too, as much as ads suck.
SchemaLoad 10mo ago
At least on youtube premium it has a feature to "Skip commonly skipped section".