YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads

Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by jjbinx007 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @04:53AM (#36584009)

That's interesting because the UK TV licence is £159 at the moment, which a lot of people find expensive, but that pays for all the BBC channels and programmes they make and buy, and iPlayer, and all BBC radio stations.

Youtube Premium looks pretty expensive in comparison. I agree £60 is more of a reasonable price.

I suspect/predict the ads on Youtube are going to get longer, and more numerous, and more will be unskippable, and therefore more annoying.

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by risyachka on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:13AM (#36584122)

So you pay for tv license and then get zero ads on tv?

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by yrro on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:16AM (#36584136)

BBC TV/Radio/Web sites/Podcasts don't have any ads in the UK.

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by mnw21cam on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @06:08AM (#36584573)

Yes, they do have ads, but they're restricted to adverts for other BBC programmes. (That for some reason doesn't make them much less annoying.)

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by brigandish on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:30AM (#36584235)

It's also not very good so even that doesn't make it value for money.

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Re:YouTube is blocking videos for users who block ads by jjbinx007 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:47AM (#36584355)

Not only zero ads, it's strictly no product placement and no brand promotion of any kind.

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