According to the blog [1], the DVR lasts 9 months. Which is much better than the competitors, but not "forever".

1. https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/02/finally-live-tv-made-... "we’ll store each of your recordings for nine months."

I kind of assumed that at $35/month, there were no ads. You have to skip them? Seems to me that YouTube wants to have its cake and eat it too.

It's basic cable with unlimited DVR, but bring-your-own data pipe.

> and I can skip all ads...

Where are you seeing that? If it's anything like Sling or PS Vue you're not skipping ads, you're streaming live TV.

The Verge confirms you can skip ads:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/28/14750894/youtube-streaming...

And it's got an infinite DVR. I almost never get to actually watch TV live. Hell, even when I watch TV live, I prefer to pause, go to the bathroom, get something to drink, and then skip commercials.

I'm just saying - if I can skip commercials automatically, or without much pain, that'd be very nice.

The ad skipping sounds just for the DVR. Which is fine for shows you don't need to see live, but you're not doing it for sports or first-run content (what would you even be skipping to?).

AT&T's version of this, which coincidentally also costs $35/mo includes all the ads.

> and I can skip all ads

For all $ > 0 the number of ads should already be zero.

Does it say it will be ad-free? If it is that would be worth $35 to me.

Sorry, I'm saying "IF". IF, then yes, it'd be worth it to me, too.

The Verge confirms you can skip ads:

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/28/14750894/youtube-streaming....