YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 unskippable ads

Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by throwoutway on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:42PM (#32861000)

Netflix charges. For a long time they said no to ads. For a long time they said they won’t do ads. Then the profits started tipping down. Wall Street frowned.

Now ads are coming to Netflix, which you will still pay for.

What do you think Google will do, when they do freely abandon services, jack up GCP prices, and set 10 ads on the unpaid tier?

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by tehwebguy on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:58PM (#32861149)

There will always be a cycle of bundling, unbundling, adding ads & removing ads.

In the meantime, if you can stand to identify yourself to Google, the $11.99 / mo I pay for YouTube Premium is some of the best bank for buck I ever spend.

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by sliken on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:08PM (#32861618)

My understanding is all the current plans have no ads and will not have ads going forward. There's a new cheaper tier coming with ads, that doesn't bother me. As long as I pay what I consider a fair price and see no ads I'll be happy.

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Re:YouTube ads appear to be ramping up, with as many as 10 u... by slenk on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:09AM (#32861956)

Streaming services ruined it. Next Netflix jump and its full back to a pirates life for me

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