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It's nice but if you ever even appear to cut into their ad model they'll shut ya down. Gotta pay the engineers, other employees, electric bill etc.... youtube

by sequoia 13y ago

It's nice but if you ever even appear to cut into their ad model they'll shut ya down. Gotta pay the engineers, other employees, electric bill etc.... youtube ain't free ;) EDIT: I really like the site & hope you flesh it out. Just not getting my hopes up too high. :)

nairteashop 13y ago
YouTube only shows ads in the video right? Looks like those are still being shown.
- RossM 13y ago
  Nope - they run homepage banners, sidebar ads and occasionally full-page adverts (that hijack the background). It's surreal browsing without Adblock occasionally.
  - nairteashop 13y ago
    Hmm, interesting. I get sidebar ads occasionally, but I've never noticed the other ones - maybe I just tune them out when I see them. (I use ghostery, but disabled it temporarily for testing this out.)
  - nemof 13y ago
    Not to mention the ads shown next to original content created by youtube creators earn them a living.
    - tehwebguy 13y ago
      Ads displayed around the video are almost always tied to the ad displayed on the video and ads displayed on the video are part of the revenue-sharing program.
  - markisonfire 13y ago
    Wow. I wonder how much I miss while using Adblock. That sounds miserable.
flyintothemoon 13y ago
I've built something a little bit more fleshed out, actually... How about a site that lets you search and watch videos at the same time. And also does Vimeo. And lets you save them to personal collections. Here you go. http://huzzaz.com/search http://huzzaz.com/search
- dirkk0 13y ago
  This is very cool! The interface should get a little more love, though?
tehwebguy 13y ago
Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose. What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.
- jfoster 13y ago
  They do make it tricky to monetize, though. IIRC, you're not allowed to accept payments or show your own ads alongside the videos.
  - janson0 13y ago
    It is actually not against their TOS to accept payments or run additional ads alongside their content.
    - hncommenter13 13y ago
      It might be, depending on what else is on the page. Clause 4(d) of the Terms of Service[1] reads: "You agree not to use the Service for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain YouTube's prior written approval: - the sale of access to the Service; - the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Service or Content; or - the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page of an ad-enabled blog or website containing Content delivered via the Service, unless other material not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and is of sufficient value to be the basis for such sales." [1] http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms
      - vinceguidry 13y ago
        I subscribe to Avdi Grimm's excellent RubyTapas series, and the biggest pain about it is the lack of a web viewer. Google seems to be explicitly disallowing him to use YT, and that really sucks. Anyone looking to make and sell videos has to put them on Amazon or whatever and make you download them.

by sequoia 13y ago

nairteashop 13y ago

YouTube only shows ads in the video right? Looks like those are still being shown.

RossM 13y ago
Nope - they run homepage banners, sidebar ads and occasionally full-page adverts (that hijack the background). It's surreal browsing without Adblock occasionally.
- nairteashop 13y ago
  Hmm, interesting. I get sidebar ads occasionally, but I've never noticed the other ones - maybe I just tune them out when I see them. (I use ghostery, but disabled it temporarily for testing this out.)
- nemof 13y ago
  Not to mention the ads shown next to original content created by youtube creators earn them a living.
  - tehwebguy 13y ago
    Ads displayed around the video are almost always tied to the ad displayed on the video and ads displayed on the video are part of the revenue-sharing program.
- markisonfire 13y ago
  Wow. I wonder how much I miss while using Adblock. That sounds miserable.

flyintothemoon 13y ago

I've built something a little bit more fleshed out, actually... How about a site that lets you search and watch videos at the same time. And also does Vimeo. And lets you save them to personal collections. Here you go. http://huzzaz.com/search http://huzzaz.com/search

dirkk0 13y ago
This is very cool! The interface should get a little more love, though?

tehwebguy 13y ago

Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose. What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.

jfoster 13y ago
They do make it tricky to monetize, though. IIRC, you're not allowed to accept payments or show your own ads alongside the videos.
- janson0 13y ago
  It is actually not against their TOS to accept payments or run additional ads alongside their content.
  - hncommenter13 13y ago
    It might be, depending on what else is on the page. Clause 4(d) of the Terms of Service[1] reads: "You agree not to use the Service for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain YouTube's prior written approval: - the sale of access to the Service; - the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Service or Content; or - the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page of an ad-enabled blog or website containing Content delivered via the Service, unless other material not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and is of sufficient value to be the basis for such sales." [1] http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms
    - vinceguidry 13y ago
      I subscribe to Avdi Grimm's excellent RubyTapas series, and the biggest pain about it is the lack of a web viewer. Google seems to be explicitly disallowing him to use YT, and that really sucks. Anyone looking to make and sell videos has to put them on Amazon or whatever and make you download them.