YouTube’s annoying Premium spam

Post by rahidz » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 8:57 PM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #135

danShumway wrote: post #92

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It's the opposite for me. I've been paying for Youtube Premium since back when they were calling it Youtube Red, and the nag screens haven't gone away. When I'm signed in, Youtube still sticks up banners that remind me that I have exclusive content I don't care about. I still get reminders about all of the "cool" features I don't want. I still have to jump through hoops to archive content that I care about. I'm payin…

> and the nag screens haven't gone away I'm also there since Youtube Red and I'm not sure what you mean. I've never seen a nag screen so far. I wonder if it's some bug, or some kind of targeting failure?

Post by chihuahua » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 8:59 PM UTC

htk wrote: post #120

I’m a premium subscriber but I do agree that the pop-ups on non-paying users are too much. It’s a poor proposition to make users subscribe to your service to get rid of annoying pop-ups. It’s like an airline company telling customers to pay a fee to get rid of spikes on their seats. But I also think the shrill tone of the article diminishes the message.

Post by chihuahua » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 9:01 PM UTC

michaelt wrote: post #93

robbrown451 wrote: post #53

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Yes I am starting to suspect it has to do with changes in Chrome. I can't find out how to modify site settings to make it work though.

I believe the setting you're looking for is called 'uBlock Origin'

Post by icebraining » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 9:02 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #87

monkeyfacebag wrote: post #60

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I don't dispute any of that. I'm saying that, as a YouTube premium subscriber, I'm not clear exactly what I'm paying for. I mean, I guess fewer ads is better than more ads but I think a paid service should be able to provide me with stronger guarantees.

To the extent that YouTube is just a user-generated content delivery platform, paying for premium makes them stop injecting their own ads. Ads that are part of the videos are outside their purview. It's a defensible, and I think reasonable position to take (and I say this as someone who hates advertising in general).

Post by icebraining » Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 9:09 PM UTC

scottlegrand2 wrote: post #71

zaroth wrote: post #67

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The problem was that it’s true without it being enough. It’s not hard to serve your own video streams. But good luck getting enough eyeballs to make it worthwhile.

I always thought Amazon would build a YouTube killer. They're really the only company perfectly placed to do so. And yet while I'm pretty sure they've talked about it they've never acted on it.