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Re:Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark by wjamesg on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:53PM (#26944788)
Even if you ‘record’ something to your YouTube TV DVR, if there is an on-demand (with ads) version available from the network, your DVR recorded version will be replaced and you will be forced to watch the on-demand (with unskippable ads) version
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Re:Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark by jvolkman on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:42PM (#26946313)
Maybe it depends on the channel, but in my experience you can pick which version you want to watch. Take this screenshot from SNL for example: https://i.imgur.com/s7eCDi8.png

There are 3 versions currently available to me for S46 E16: two DVR and one VOD. If I select either of the two DVR versions, I can skip commercials as expected. The VOD version forces me to watch commercials (also as expected, I guess).

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Re:Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark by kschwab on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:44PM (#26945490)
I can't reproduce that. I wonder if it's on some specific channels.
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Re:Roku Warns YouTube TV Customers That Service Could Go Dark by wjamesg on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:51PM (#26945596)
Possibly. I have seen it happen for some shows but not necessarily across the board

See also:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/youtube-tv-will-force-you-to-wa...

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