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Use a VPN, set it to Argentinia, go to youtube.com/premium, sign up with your regular credit card and use without a VPN as usual from now on while paying 2 USD / month.
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Those videos are typically not monetized, the poster is just being sensationalist.
There are no "not monetized" videos anymore, YouTube is now putting ads even on videos for which the uploader gets no money.
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Are they? What’s the alternative?
An alternative will be produced if youtube becomes a hassle to use. 30 years ago people watched television, but the ads became too numerous. Now only boomers watch it at all.
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Huh? Who thinks of youtube in an emergency? How about 911?
Serious question, should I call 911 if someone is chocking and I don’t know what to do? Would the operator instruct me what to do over the phone?
Well I'd imagine youtube's infrastructure is very expensive. I guess they can no longer pretend the service they provide for free doesn't need to be funded. What did people expect?
Profiteering off of their established position.
Youtube PMs have OKRs
From my experience watching Youtube on a Samsung TV, the quantity are sometimes spread across an entire video, at intervals set by the creator. I.e. 8 adverts over a 1 hour video.
This is also no evidence that these adverts are not skippable.
I don't like Youtube's advertising, but this tweet is very low effort.
And since users are going to pay from their pockets anyway, I would seriously consider moving content away from youtube and hosting my own stuff. For example, if I am going to take a course, I'd rather take it on the creator's website, where I'll have an LMS with no ads and no thumbnsils with clickbait recommendations tempting me to move away from what I am learning. Youtube is nice if I want to watch a quick video while I'm running at the gym, but it does not create a protected learning path.
Firefox + uBlock Origin = no ads. Also on mobile :)
Or just pay for YouTube Premium. I'd say it's worth it given how much value I get out of it. Take away Youtube, sure I'm sure there would be good alternatives eventually (with the same ads anyway), but it would leave quite a large hole in my life.
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Or just pay for YouTube Premium. I'd say it's worth it given how much value I get out of it. Take away Youtube, sure I'm sure there would be good alternatives eventually (with the same ads anyway), but it would leave quite a large hole in my life.
I already pay with my data. Why would I also pay them money?
Also, creators have pointed out that premium views are worth s lot more to them than ad views.