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> Everybody hates ads, but no-one is willing to pay a penny for a service they use daily. Because paying a penny won't prevent ads or tracking.

• akoboldfrying 11d ago
  Paying for an ad-free service will prevent ads. Example: YouTube Premium.
  • mrheosuper 10d ago
    If ads is embedded in video(like product placement, sponsor etc). You still see the ads.
  • LtWorf 10d ago
    Amazon prime added the ads back no?
  • mitxela 10d ago
    Great example! YouTube is currently being sued because people with Premium still get ads. Granted they're the ones creators put in their own videos, which is kind of a technicality. Premium does block the overt ads that YouTube itself pushes. (There's no telling if it blocks submarine ads that are videos) However, it was promised to block all ads, and that's what the lawsuit is about.
    • ndriscoll 10d ago
      I don't see why that's a technicality. Youtube has plenty of rules already for their business partners. They could definitely make it so e.g. no paid advertising is allowed, or all paid advertising must have metadata attached so that premium users never see it, etc.