YouTube Will ‘Frustrate’ Some Users with Ads So They Pay for Music

Post by tqkxzugoaupvwqr » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:00 AM UTC

paul7986 wrote: post #30

YouTube Red is solid as everyone uses Youtube to listen to music. THus it knows and creates the best mix playlist especially if you listen to many, many genres of music. Apple Music like Siri is stupid .. the playlist it creates aren't based on all genres I listen to but only one. Also Red integrates well with Google Home as you can tell home to wake you up to whatever song and play whatever song. No commercials is a…

Post by mark_l_watson » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:02 AM UTC

herpderperator wrote: post #17

I have been paying for YouTube Red since 2015. I really like the YouTube Music app and how I can save songs for offline use, and how it's kept up-to-date with songs I like on YouTube (as well as recommended suggestions) whenever my phone goes on WiFi, so my playlist never gets old. You also get other perks like keeping a YouTube video playing in the background on your phone. I prefer using YouTube for music as oppose…

Post by jadedhacker » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:11 AM UTC

AndrewUnmuted wrote: post #27

extradesgo wrote: post #12

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Yeah, it's a lot different. NPR used to be publicly funded, much like the BBC in the UK. The idea was to offer objective journalism for the strength of democracy. It has helped a lot in the UK may have helped prevent the current disaster we now experience in the US. When that public funding started being removed, NPR had to start acting more like a private company, satisfying target demographics and seeking seeking d…

I'm no fan of YouTube, but to be fair to them, it's probably not so much about maximizing profit as it is an effort to avoid the wrath of the RIAA.

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:18 AM UTC

guelo wrote: post #33

imode wrote: post #28

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or, or, hear me out... I could use adblock, a free and crowd-sourced adblocker, to... block the ads. YouTube already makes copious amounts of money outside of advertising and Red exclusivity. don't force that kind of an annoyance on people if you expect them to A) use your service or B) not subvert the crap you put in front of them. there is no argument for ads anymore.

Youtube could make their ads unblockable by putting them in the content's video stream or just serving them from the same domain. I feel like they don't do that just as a way to be nice to adblockers, but I don't know why.

Post by aslkdjaslkdj » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:22 AM UTC

imode wrote: post #28

herpderperator wrote: post #17

I have been paying for YouTube Red since 2015. I really like the YouTube Music app and how I can save songs for offline use, and how it's kept up-to-date with songs I like on YouTube (as well as recommended suggestions) whenever my phone goes on WiFi, so my playlist never gets old. You also get other perks like keeping a YouTube video playing in the background on your phone. I prefer using YouTube for music as oppose…

or, or, hear me out... I could use adblock, a free and crowd-sourced adblocker, to... block the ads. YouTube already makes copious amounts of money outside of advertising and Red exclusivity. don't force that kind of an annoyance on people if you expect them to A) use your service or B) not subvert the crap you put in front of them. there is no argument for ads anymore.