YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them

Post by longstation » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:50 PM UTC

bsd44 wrote: post #118

As a content consumer I see this as a positive thing for me. A few months ago when YouTube decided to auto-add ads on all videos, my watch time on YouTube decreased by more than 50% since I consume all video content on either my phone or my tablet (where I don't have access to AdBlock), and I find the amount of ads I have to go through to watch a video so annoying that I'd rather not watch it at all. As a result I sp…

Post by tsjq » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC

Post by MereInterest » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 3:58 PM UTC

xoxoy wrote: post #234

bsd44 wrote: post #118

As a content consumer I see this as a positive thing for me. A few months ago when YouTube decided to auto-add ads on all videos, my watch time on YouTube decreased by more than 50% since I consume all video content on either my phone or my tablet (where I don't have access to AdBlock), and I find the amount of ads I have to go through to watch a video so annoying that I'd rather not watch it at all. As a result I sp…

I pay for YT Premium and worth it to skip all ads and be able to listen to audio in app on background. I use it a lot for recipes and great to have a corner of the internet totally ad free now.

Post by watwut » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

thdrdt wrote: post #185

cableshaft wrote: post #4

I know there are several content creators (such as Jim Sterling) that have their videos ad-free as a perk for their supporters (since he's supported enough via Patreon). He's pretty angry about this change. I somewhat understand Google's stance on this, as it's a service that should be allowed to make money even on people who don't want to make money. They don't really have such a way to opt out of pretty much any ot…

"...and pretty much have their entire business on there..." This is what I don't get about YouTubers. They created a business with basically only one source of income. This is bad practice in every business book. I am a freelancer. If I only had one customer my business would be instantly over when they didn't hire me anymore. YouTubers put too much trust in an untrustworthy business partner.

Post by mnw21cam » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:05 PM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #36

krageon wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At first I thought you had a point (and for practical purposes, perhaps you do) but I don't think it'd be particularly challenging to inject video frames into a stream without re-encoding the original video.

It’s not challenging.[a] ffmpeg can “join” streams back-to-back without reencoding if one desires. [a]: This is assuming you know the magic incantation to get ffmpeg to do it