Comment on YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount

• dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Generally an Unpopular opinion, but I think this should include creator ads (or at least an option per creator to support them by turning on their own ads).

  Defaulted to off , I don’t want to watch a random videos AG1 ad. That said there are a couple creators I watch I would be willing to enable theirs strictly to support them. Because if I’m paying for ad removal it should be complete ad removal.

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  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think it’s an unpopular opinion, but I’m not sure how YouTube can deal with it best. There’s sponsor block, but it’s relying on crowdsourced data.

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    • Imprudent3449@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Force the creator to flag the sponsor section and then filter it out. Then compensate the creator for the view using the $17 premium subscription.

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      • balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The creator is already compensated as of now. They earn more if a premium user watches their video than a free user with YouTube ads.

        So the sponsor is giving them more money regardless of whether the user is premium or not.

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    • dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ya, just an infrastructure where their ads have to go into blocks within the video (inserted wherever but tagged as such)

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  • Imprudent3449@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    Generally an Unpopular opinion

    You’re 100% correct though. Sponsors are exactly (long) ads and I have no personal problem skipping them after paying $17 a month for premium. If a creator has a problem with that they should take it up with Google. I’m paying for ad free, and that’s what I expect.

    If sponsorblock breaks I will be reevaluating my premium sub. Not that it will have a meaningful impact on Google or anything, but I’m just fucking sick of ads and am not going to pay to remove them and still get ads delivered to me.

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    • dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was more aminable when I was paying $14.99 for YT Red Family plan. At $23/mo it’s pretty expensive and I want new features/controls for that money

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• tutus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The link I posted said this:

  In the U.S., Google charges individual users $14 per month for YouTube Premium, which limits ads and offers a few additional features.

  So it ‘limits ads’ which means there are still ads.

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  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.run ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a poorly worded article. YouTube premium “limits ads” as in being completely ad free (besides in-video sponsorships). YouTube hasn’t gone down that route yet.

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    • balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • Facebones@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        One of my current favorite techy creators writes a blog post for most of his videos I can reference if I’m interested in the project. ❤️

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