Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by kjjjjjjjjjjjjjj » Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 2:23 AM UTC

I have noticed a huge surge in ads compared to last year. Every video has 2 ads, sometimes the first is unskippable. Its just crazy. Unfortunately there is no competition so what are you going to do?

JS based ad blocking isn't really an option on mobile and DNS based filtering doesnt work

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by jfoster » Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 6:35 AM UTC

Interesting, isn't it? A lot more ads than there ever was on TV. More advertisers. Probably more viewers, paying more active attention. Much better targeting. Much cheaper content. The only thing that got a lot less efficient is the "broadcasting"; rather than a signal being beamed to everyone, a server must stream to each individual viewer.

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by ElectricMind » Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 12:10 PM UTC

If it is free then you are the product. My suggestions would be "don't make other people rich by giving your life away- time".

Re: Ask HN: Why there are so many ads on YouTube?

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Post by tpoacher » Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 9:59 AM UTC

yrgulation wrote: post #4

I would vouch they need money to pay for hosting and everything else, and as a free service perhaps ads are the only way. Not sure how one can expect youtube to host that amount of content for free perpetually. I dislike ads, particularly dark patterns, and shocking I pay for youtube premium. An unpopular opinion but can someone please explain how can all this be hosted for free? Or why do some believe they should?

Try Coca Cola, the refreshing drink. I believe OP's point is not that any amount of ads is unacceptable, and I'm sure they would agree with your statement. Johnsons and Johnsons baby shampoo; no more tears.

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