Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by ams6110 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:16AM
(#19005092)
Google has YouTube Red (maybe it's called "Premium" now?) which is offered as an ad-free version, with some other benefits such as offline viewing, and I do pay for it. So that supports your thesis.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by Reedx on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:25AM
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Same here. It's worth it. It means everything my family and I watch is ad free. YouTube, Netflix, HBO... Well, aside from HBO's preroll ads for themselves. Annoying.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by pdonis on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:57AM
(#19005220)
> Google has YouTube Red...that supports your thesis.
I don't want to pay for YouTube. I want to pay for basic Google Search without ads cluttering up every search page.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by gbin on Saturday January 26, 2019 @03:22AM
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Is Google Contributor what you are looking for? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-ads-now-you-can-pay-go...
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by Semaphor on Saturday January 26, 2019 @04:18AM
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It doesn't seem to include Google in their list of sites? The whole concept sounds interesting but it needs a way better selection of sites, I don't think I've visited any of the few on that list [0].
Also, I'd need tracking disabled as well as the ads.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by jlavine on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:05AM
(#19006555)
I love this idea, but the only participating websites they list are Popular Mechanics and National Post, making this effectively vaporware for the time being. Launching this service without a significant set of participating sites is ridiculous, and seems to be asking for the service to fail.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by pdonis on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:39PM
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No. As I said, I want basic Google search without ads cluttering up the search page.
It would be nice if other websites would stop depending on Google ad revenue as well, but that's a separate issue.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point
by tomp on Saturday January 26, 2019 @11:03AM
(#19006818)
I have Adblock Origin and don't see any ads on YouTube. I wanted to pay for Youtube Premium but 12/month is a bit excessive for offline viewing (which is the only part of YT I use) (and even if I wanted to see their premium content, it's way more expensive than Netflix).