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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by GhostVII on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:44PM (#18590895)
I don't think that is a fair comparison, because people pay money to watch Game of Thrones, while YouTube is completely free. If it cost $14.99 a month to watch a small set of YouTube channels, their viewership would be far lower (and revenue per viewer would be much higher).
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by munk-a on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:15PM (#18591912)
> If it cost $14.99 a month to watch a small set of YouTube channels

Actually this exists, it's called Youtube premium and there are some channels that offer some content exclusive to the platform (as far as I'm aware)

I have no idea how it's doing but I also don't have any interest in trying it out, I'd much rather support specific content streams via patreon or other offerings.

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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by awkward on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:32PM (#18592111)
Yeah a fair comparison would be high viewership but freely available stuff like SNL.
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by josefresco on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:27PM (#18592071)
I pay for YouTube Premium.
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by na85 on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:19PM (#18592510)
Are there ads?
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by ramses0 on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:19PM (#18593155)
No.
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by josefresco on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:27AM (#18599201)
Not on YouTube (general) but I also pay for YouTube TV and there are loads of ads on their "on demand" content.
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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by ramses0 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:54PM (#18603923)
Vote with your wallet. I'm about to ditch Pandora b/c they keep advertising pandora super-premium, when I'm already paying for pandora premium.

What should that particular anti-pattern be called?

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Re:Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales by josefresco on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:52AM (#18607757)
I already voted with my wallet when I dropped Comcast TV. What I found is that "cutting the cord" is not all unicorns and rainbows. I'm not more reliant on Comcast the ISP, and the speeds I pay for are not the speeds I get.

I also dropped Pandora, because I had/have too many streaming music options and couldn't justify it. I don't remember commercials for their ultra premium offering, maybe its because I've been a paid customer for so long?

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