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

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

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Post by Retric »

Vespasian wrote: post #323
Retric wrote: post #35

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What I find more concerning is many people will have uploaded videos with the understanding people could just watch them for free and then died. At which point YouTube is essentially monetizing dead people without paying their estates. Are people going to need to stipulate in their will to delete all uploaded content to stop crap like this?

The estate as the copyright holder (in most cases) can pull down the videos if they like. YouTube is not obligated to host and serve content for free forever. As many other big tech companies they have a very strong position in the market (edging into monopoly / duopoly territory), which essentially prevent competitors with different business plans to be successful. To me this sounds like the market is broken and war…

That supposes the estate is even aware of such content. Which is the issue I am talking about. I would be fine if google disabled formerly free videos until someone agreeded to monetizing them, but to just arbitrarily make that change means it’s done without the possibility of consent.

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Post by zucked »

codecutter wrote: post #205
8ytecoder wrote: post #167

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Have you considered paying for YouTube Premium?

Exactly my thought. As much as I hate advertising and Google business practices, I would rather pay to avoid advertisements if that is an option. For $15/month family plan for 6 users, I find it to be a reasonable deal.

Currently in the US, YT Premium (Family) is $17.99/month.

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Post by tomcooks »

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.

It's why I use NewPipe, for free

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Post by opan »

renw0rp wrote: post #322
thendrill wrote: post #179

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Use NewPipe on Android to avoid ads

Serious question, what's the risk of losing your Gmail account?

Newpipe is available from F-Droid and does not have a sign-in option. There's no Google account involved.

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Post by swebs »

foxhop wrote: post #280
Shared404 wrote: post #266

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Check out PeerTube. It may be exactly what you're looking for.

Naw, PeerTube is clunky and I don't think I need the network effect. I want to host videos (for download or streaming) like I host static web pages.

Why not just put the mp4 with every other static file and wrap it in a tag on the page you want to embed it in?

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Post by klyrs »

nineplay wrote: post #196
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…

Reddit recently limited the number of comments you can read in Safari on iOS devices. Click "more" and you are prompted to create an account or go to their app. It's been fantastic. Reddit comments decrease rapidly in quality anyway, but I was unable to look away. Now I'm capped - one or two scrolls and I have to go find something more rewarding to do. Thanks reddit!

I only read reddit when a search engine tells me that the answer to a question is there. Sometimes I'm annoyed that I can't read further into a thread... but I tell myself that anything in the weeds probably won't be a great answer to my question anyway. If only search engines had voluntary "I found / didn't find what I was looking for" feedback instead of clickjacking trackers...

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Post by TACIXAT »

apexalpha wrote: post #152
btreecat wrote: post #57

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Only they are doing it on channels with out enough viewers to choose those options. Shady af.

Why is it shady, should Youtube host your video for free? Youtube is an insane free service, there's nothing that comes close to the video and stream quality. To be honest I'm surprised so many video's have been hosted without ads while the creators cash in outside of Google.

>should Youtube host your video for free?

Yes, because I am making content for them for free. It is unpaid labor on my part in exchange for free hosting. Now it is unpaid labor that makes them money.

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