Re:YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
by sltkr on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:04AM
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Right, but the claim was “GOOGLE wants you to watch ads AND pay for a subscription” and that doesn't seem to be supported by the evidence.
I get that as a premium subscriber you still see in-stream sponsored content, but that's because the creator wants that, not Google. I think Google would rather have those sponsored messages be run as regular Youtube ads instead, so they can take their 45% (?) cut of the ad revenue while letting premium subscribers skip them.
I get that as a premium subscriber you still see in-stream sponsored content, but that's because the creator wants that, not Google. I think Google would rather have those sponsored messages be run as regular Youtube ads instead, so they can take their 45% (?) cut of the ad revenue while letting premium subscribers skip them.