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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by fendy3002 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:55AM (#25149431)
If let's say that google charges 1$ (or more, adjust yourself) per gb of stored video, or 1$ per 20gb of bandwidth use to opt out of ads, will it be better?
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by thirteenfingers on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:01AM (#25149500)
Speaking for myself, I would be willing to pay YouTube to opt out of ads. I post mostly classical music videos, which are totally ruined if video advertisements are inserted in the middle. (Granted, YouTube doesn't seem to do that to classical music videos quite as much as it used to.)

I'm already paying Vimeo for a low-budget data plan, and I only continue to use YouTube as my main platform because of the extra exposure.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by youcandothat on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:13AM (#25149619) 

  I would be willing to pay YouTube to opt out of ads
But you can?
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by zinekeller on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:16AM (#25149650)
No, what he meant is that creators can pay YouTube/Google to not put ads on all of their videos for all of their audience, not YouTube Premium.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by 0-_-0 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:17AM (#25149656)
No you can't, not as a creator, which is what GP was talking about.
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by freebasenic on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:49AM (#25150045)
nice name
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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by krageon on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:56AM (#25149443)
They don't need to charge, they're making money hand over fist.
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