Re:Five Buck Fatigue
by drivingmenuts on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:08PM
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YouTube is starting to get annoying, though, with their constant pre-roll ads and the ads in the middle of videos that don’t appear at natural breaks. Now I find mysel focused on the Skip Ad button while tracking the countdown to its clickability.
Re:Five Buck Fatigue
by cerberusss on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:55AM
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I broke down and started paying for YouTube. Another 12 bucks :) On the laptop, I block ads, but on the tablet, I like to use the official app.
Re:Five Buck Fatigue
by peterwoerner on Thursday July 30, 2020 @09:57PM
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Yep, they sell a product of use/interest to their community. They make even more if they own the product they sell.
This does take away from them making content, but it currently is the only path towards salary replacement monetization.
How useful are such ads to the companies? Are there forum members who discover products through them that they wouldn't otherwise? Old school stuff was genuinely useful, because we didn't have Internet to do product research before buying, but now...
Sponsored content that isn't totally abrasive to your audience. Lots of Youtubers seem to do it well.
Alternatively you can do old school sidebar ads that are relevant to whatever your niche is. I'm on a forum for a niche industry. Nobody complains about the banner ads for companies who are relevant to that industry because they keep the forum running.