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YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

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Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

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post #34

The solution to this is $11.99 a month. The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drink, a coffee, etc. but to remove ads for access to an enormous vault of content that provides endless value, NEVER!!!

And at 12$ a month I still have to watch through all these 1min long sponsored segments.

YouTube without sponsorblock became unusable. For iOS I recommend uYouPlus: https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#52
There's a lot of people here who act like the only ones annoyed by this are people who refuse to pay for YouTube premium. But here's the thing... /I/ do pay for YouTube premium, and I still find this annoying. Here's why: I'm not always logged into my personal Google account on a device, and I don't necessarily want to log in on some devices to my personal Google account, but I still need or want to use YouTube. YouTube /is/ a wealth of information, and it's worth paying for, but that wealth of information often extends into topics which are, for instance, relevant in the workplace, but I am not going to login to my personal account on a work device.

Increased ads affect everyone, not just people who don't pay, paying only limits how it affects you in /some/ ways, but not completely.

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#53

What bothers me is that YouTube kids is now showing ads.

Yes I ended up paying for a YouTube sub because of my kids. I just use the app built into my LG tv and it doesn’t have an ad blocker. It’s pretty much a necessity if you’re playing one of those 60 minute loops of peppa pig or whatever.

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#54
post #34

The solution to this is $11.99 a month. The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drink, a coffee, etc. but to remove ads for access to an enormous vault of content that provides endless value, NEVER!!!

Where does it say paying actually will remove ads, and if it is, how long it will be until google will change their mind?

It says so right on the landing page, https://www.youtube.com/premium.

> YouTube and YouTube Music ad-free, offline, and in the background

It amazes me that when it's pointed out that you can easily buy an ad-free experience, people immediately double down on some hypothetical situation where you can't.

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#56
post #12

…Ads? On YouTube? _confused look_ I haven’t seen an ad on the Internet in nearly 20 years, ever since the first adblocker got released for Phoenix in 2003 (what became Firebird, then Firefox).

I'm sure there are ads you've seen on YouTube, they just look slightly different to what you have in mind. But first, this comment wouldn't be possible without Deutsche Bahn, the n°1 train provider in Germany. If you go to their website right now with promo code "probably_wrong" you get extra delay on your next trip. If you're going to be late, be late with Deutsche Bahn. Remember: promo code, free delay. Now, back t…

The answer to this is sponsorblock, which has reached a state where it takes mere minutes, sometimes seconds, for someone to mark the relevant segments in a new video. And it's not just sponsor reads, you can let it skip intros, unrelated tangents, etc.

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#58
post #28

I pay for YouTube Premium, and happily so. There’s A LOT of great content there—probably even better content than Netflix. And you want to know what else? While it’s just okay, it includes ad-free music from YouTube Music. So, win, win? Until someone comes out with a better offer, I’ll continue to give more money to Google.

Is it public what percent of a YT Premium subscription is shared with creators?

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#59
post #9

Then pay for YT Premium so you don't have ads. Look, I hate ads. I really do. You can pry uBlock Origin from my cold, dead fingers. But the thing is, sites and creators and whatnot still often choose ads as a way to fund the things they create. If they're pushing ads at you over a medium where you have control (there's a reason why a web browser is a "user agent"), then I think you totally have the right to choose wh…

> But there's always the paid option. I am sure ads will come to paid option too soon so enjoy while it lasts with truly ad free paid option.

You’re “sure”? I mean it’s kinda the whole point of the product, and from what has been said in trade articles the revenue from premium is much higher than the ad revenue it’s replacing.

People of course do stupid things, but the information I saw made it sound like there’s no question, premium is better for Youtube

Re: YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

#60
post #34

The solution to this is $11.99 a month. The way consumers value things is insane to me. People will fork over $12 on DoorDash delivery fees, an overpriced drink, a coffee, etc. but to remove ads for access to an enormous vault of content that provides endless value, NEVER!!!

Where does it say paying actually will remove ads, and if it is, how long it will be until google will change their mind?

Youtube premium does remove ads: https://www.youtube.com/premium.

Also, why do you have to worry about the problem that doesn't exist now. Even if they change their mind in 6 months, you would be charged for just 6 months if you decide paying at current rate is good thing to pay.

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