Comment on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months agoJust look at where Netflix and Amazon Prime are going.
The days of YouTube premium being ad free are numbered. I suspect 2-3 years before it’s announced, rolled back, and then a stealth rollout is done.
waitmarks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I consider it already not ad free considering how many video creators shove sponsored segments in all their videos.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
That’s largely because youtube native ads aren’t a reliable, predictable or consistant source of income. Plus youtube takes the largest cut of the money from those ads.
waitmarks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean I get it and i don’t blame them for doing it, but it just makes googles claim of youtube premium being “ad free” insulting. Why would I give them money when they can’t even pay their content creators consistently enough, forcing them into alternative revenue systems?
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There are plugins to automatically skip those segments too. They crowd source the begin and end times of the ads and automatically skip ahead.