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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by Veserv on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:42PM (#32860489)
Well if that is the point then Youtube can just make a public, legally binding, unrevokable declaration that they will never insert ads into Youtube Premium. Since they are not going to do it, they lose nothing and their customers get a legally binding assurance. Problem solved.
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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by zwily on Thursday September 15, 2022 @08:55PM (#32860605)
Why would they do that? You pay for YouTube Premium monthly. If they put in ads, you cancel. Simple enough.
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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by smileysteve on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:09PM (#32861218)
But Disney and Netflix are thinking exactly this; $7.99 with ads, $11.99 with ads.

Slippery slope might be that as soon as enough people by the lower tier, the prices increase to the upper tier

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by Kim_Bruning on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:23PM (#32860836)
You're right for now. Once upon a time people started paying for cable, and the ads went away there too! (For a while...)
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