YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them

Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by cbozeman on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:16PM (#25151685)

Hosting this video requires a lot of storage and bandwidth. I would not be surprised to learn YouTube alone requires $50,000,000 to $75,000,000 in hard drive purchases per year. Sure, they make a lot more than that in advertising, but I imagine every year those hosting and storage costs go up.

Why not implement an option for creators to share some of that load if they want to opt-out of advertisements on their videos? That way, everyone wins. YouTube gets money for the hosting of video, creators keep content ad-free.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by systemvoltage on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:43PM (#25154739)

Or how about paying $5/month for YouTube premium

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by phjordon on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:46PM (#25155255)

If only it were that cheap. The cost in the US is $12/month which is ridiculously high considering their “premium” content is garbage as is YouTube Music which is forcibly bundled in.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by mulmen on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:50PM (#25183149)

I prefer the Patreon model where I decide where the money goes. Content creators pay for everything else, why not video hosting too? Then it is up to them what ads if any they run.

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