The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in the process

Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by badpun on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:00AM (#36708440)

To the downvoters: YouTube has been, for a couple years now, conducting a natural experiment that my confirms my claim. People can either buy a subscribtion or suffer the ads. Most prefer the ads.

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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by JohnFen on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:38AM (#36710954)

I don't think that's a good experiment, though. Regardless of people's overall preference on this, I would expect the existing YouTube audience to mostly stay with the ad-supported stuff, because that's what they're used to with YouTube and people who really, really hate ads weren't using YouTube to begin with. All of that makes YouTube users a biased sample.

A more valid experiment would require all users to be new to the platform.

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Re:The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in... by ztrww on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:16AM (#36720851)

> weren't using YouTube to begin with

Or using it with an ad blocker

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