YouTube's anti-ad blocker campaign isn't a "small experiment" anymore
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- Juerg
- S3c
- 01 Nov 2023
Everyone is forced to watch the same two ads, between every 3 minutes of video.
I wonder if the companies selling their products and services are aware that this is how it works, and that Google charges the companies 10 times for 3 minutes of video.
Very inefficient, and it probably hurts the brand reputation.
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- Anonymous
- pUU
- 01 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2023Xiaomi: Shows ads but gives you among the best hardware and... moreSome people don't understand how expensive is to run Yotube. I will give you one example, let's imagine there are 100 people who uploaded 100Gb of videos on YouTube, so in total we have 10tb of storage used, maybe one or two will be popular ( will get views) and yotube will make some money from it, however, there is a chance that none of the videos will get any views. So, we have 10TB of storage which doesn't bring any revenue, only loses. Did you check how much could cost you 10TB of storage a month? (Cloud)For those ones who wants to leave Yotube, remember, even the Russian government didn't block Yotube, claiming that " there is no such platform in the world with the amount of useful data), they blocked Meta by the way and they have an alternative, called RuTube.
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- RobinArc
- raQ
- 01 Nov 2023
I'd rather stop watching Youtube entirely if they force me to watch annoying ads. Youtube becoming cable TV channels. People should encourage to donate to the content creators who they like or feel deserved but not like this. No more open community anymore on corporate's grasp.
- justasmile
- vjq
- 01 Nov 2023
Rozay, 31 Oct 2023You guys are so cheap! Pay the creators the content you’re ... moreDoesn't mean you can pay YT Premium doesn't mean others can or want to.
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- Wojtek
- 3Lr
- 01 Nov 2023
I would love for Google to fall of the bike and crack it's stupid face... no, paying creators is not bad, but Google, as any other monopoly is simply an extortionist bully... I do hope it will get split up soon..
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- Anonymous
- t7@
- 01 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2023Xiaomi: Shows ads but gives you among the best hardware and... moreWorse is Google dominating the web & is creating its own webstandards.
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- Amit05
- vG1
- 01 Nov 2023
Just me, 01 Nov 2023This WILL help the creators, more add revenue for them. Sto... moreWatching ads is not the problem, but the amount of ads shown is the problem
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- Just me
- 6XT
- 01 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2023Wait a minute, there are YouTubers who don't want to m... moreI agree this part of Youtube add policy is not fair, but my response was that guy trying to say that this is bad for creators, which is absurd to say, when that's mean more money for them, not lost to add blockers.
It could be bad for consumers, not the creators, at least short-term.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 01 Nov 2023
Xiaomi: Shows ads but gives you among the best hardware and chip for cheap.
Google: Shows ads but gives you literally the worst hardware and chip on the market.
Choice is yours.
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- Barakat
- fk1
- 01 Nov 2023
it was balanced deal when it was only 1 ad at the beginning of the video and another ad at the end, but greedy youtube started pushing tooo many adds with longer time which became too annoying ..... why should i watch 2 or 3 or 4 ads at the beginning of the video and other 2 ads very 4 5 mins ..... why should i be forced to watch ads for agendas i dont want or i dont like
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- ohno
- 8nd
- 01 Nov 2023
Rozay, 31 Oct 2023You guys are so cheap! Pay the creators the content you’re ... moreYoutube is not creator and started as free, ad-free alternative service to oppose all those greedy, ad-infested selfish video hosts.
I can switch off adblock on YT over Halloween, seeing all that stuff will give me nightmares and haunt for rest of my life.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 01 Nov 2023
Just me, 01 Nov 2023This WILL help the creators, more add revenue for them. Sto... moreWait a minute, there are YouTubers who don't want to make money off their videos and don't want ads to be shown. But YouTube still forcefully show ads on their videos and make money for themselves and this money will not go their creators.
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- SShock
- AKk
- 01 Nov 2023
No Notch Life, 01 Nov 2023If you want to skip sponsors/fillers then SponsorBlock is w... moreThat's not what I said. I said unrelated injected ads by Youtube annoy me. I don't mind ads integrated into content by creators because they are often funny and usually far more relevant (sponsors for phone/device chargers for example).
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 01 Nov 2023
It's time to boycott YouTube. There ARE YouTubers who don't intend to make money off their videos, but unfortunately they cannot turn off ads for their videos. Google will forcefully show ads and make money for themselves.
It's time to abandon this filthy platform full of degenerates.
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- erodhika94
- vgN
- 01 Nov 2023
any filter from adblock plus will not work anymore
what I do here is replace ublock origin with ublock origin (manifest v3) and activate all filters. and it's works fine. I only use this new ublock origin on any chromium-based browser including microsoft edge, but since google blocking edge that much because of the strict tracking prevention labelled as adblock by google itself, I never use edge to access youtube.
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- Anonymous
- B0A
- 01 Nov 2023
It's a unfortunate turn of events especially when most of us who use it know when that day comes and we win the lottery or some thing we would gladly pay for music. As of right now there will still be many alternatives and a pretty dumb move they are obviously greedy and want more money in the short term instead of thinking about the long term.
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- Cvekla
- snS
- 01 Nov 2023
If Google is not so greedy it wouldn't be a problem.
I can watch two short ads on a longer video but having to watch 30s of ads for a 2 min content video??? NO!
Find a balance. Instead you've chosen to be even greedier and push people to pay for Premium.
Plenty of alternatives. Only a handful creators can live of the platform anyway.
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- Anonymous
- bJb
- 01 Nov 2023
TrainingAddict, 01 Nov 2023Editing content for 14 hours is work not everyone wants to ... moreEditing is easy and much worth compared to working at MCD...get 100x more than working from McDonald's lol
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- Just me
- SHp
- 01 Nov 2023
Anunu, 31 Oct 2023Remember youtube, you are relevant because of the creators.... moreThis WILL help the creators, more add revenue for them. Stop acting like it's a bad thing. This is not charity this is business..
Noone if forcing adds of you. If you dont like them dont watch youtube, but if you want access to the biggest video library you should pay in some way, either by watching add or two or by subscribing to the premium model.
People nowadays are soo disconnected from realty.