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You Are the Product (2017)

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Re: You Are the Product (2017)

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Post by RussianCow »

ffpip wrote: post #75
RussianCow wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that, but an ad-free experience is the main benefit of subscribing to YouTube Premium. If they introduce ads to it, why would anyone pay for it?

They will limit the number of videos you can watch every month.

You mean for users not paying for Premium? They will almost certainly not do that, since fewer watches means fewer ad impressions, which means less revenue for them. Plus, they don't want to push away the users that spend all of their free time watching YouTube videos.

Re: You Are the Product (2017)

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Post by dghughes »

reader_mode wrote: post #6
dghughes wrote: post #5

It's tiring having a finger waved at you for blocking advertisements. When we all know that our data of who we are and our actions is just as valuable as the ads we are forced to watch. The Internet has become an ad machine that throws a tantrum if anyone dares to block advertising or tracking (of yourself). YouTube was meant for sharing videos but now "influencers", many channel owners, and YouTube itself balk at an…

You can pay for YouTube premium and get rid of ads. If you spend a non trivial amount of time on YouTube it's well worth it, especially the family account. Don't want to be the product ? Pay for your services then - the money has to come from somewhere.

I don't mind seeing an ad I grew up in the TV generation commercials are nothing. An ad at the start of a YouTube video is fine but it's become endless ads to the point of ruining the content. And often it's the same damn ad over and over and over.
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