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1036 points deryilz | 9 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.9s | source | bottom
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labrador ◴[12 Jul 25 19:53 UTC] No.44544639[source]▶
I'd gladly pay for YouTube without ads if I trusted that it would remain ad free, but the track record from various companies on this is not good.
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1. raincole ◴[12 Jul 25 20:44 UTC] No.44545011[source]▶
Youtube premium has been ad-free for 10 years. What kind of track record do you need? 20 years? 100 years?
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2. vinyl7 ◴[12 Jul 25 20:55 UTC] No.44545087[source]▶
Netflix and other streaming sites have ads on some paid subscriptions. First they start with ad free subs, then introduce ads and introduce a higher priced tier to get rid of ads
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3. raincole ◴[12 Jul 25 21:24 UTC] No.44545307[source]▶
So if one supermarket sold expired food, we should avoid another supermarket that has not been doing that for 10 years? Google/Youtube doesn't own Netflix. If anything, the reasonable response would be to unsub Netflix and sub its competitors, like, uh, Youtube.
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4. WrongAssumption ◴[12 Jul 25 22:31 UTC] No.44545734[source]▶
Can't you just stop subscribing when that happens? You aren't signing a 5 year contract.
5. eviks ◴[13 Jul 25 04:57 UTC] No.44547650[source]▶
It has never been ad-free, sponsored segments have always existed
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6. eviks ◴[13 Jul 25 05:01 UTC] No.44547664{3}[source]▶
No, if all the big supermarkets sell expired food from time to time to meet profitability expectations, there is no reason to believe one will be so unique as to be able to resist using the same industry standard, especially when it already has a much bigger expired food business
7. arccy ◴[13 Jul 25 09:31 UTC] No.44548847[source]▶
you should blame the creators for being greedy, not YouTube for that
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8. eviks ◴[13 Jul 25 09:39 UTC] No.44548884{3}[source]▶
YT sets the rules of what content is allowed and sets the level of deception in their marketing regarding this "ours vs theirs" distinction in ads, so feel free to blame it as well.
9. izzydata ◴[13 Jul 25 13:26 UTC] No.44550307[source]▶
Youtube premium is still an ad driven business model. They are the ones making the problem worse so they can sell you the solution. The more you pay for Youtube Premium the more incentive they have to make ads worse.