YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount
YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount
YouTube Premium fees vary by country, which motivated some folks to obscure their location
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I thought this is so you don't get ads?
Where are you getting that from? YouTube premium is ad free (so far).
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.
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.
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.
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, which for them is probably a good deal but for us it feels like being double charged.
Ya, just an infrastructure where their ads have to go into blocks within the video (inserted wherever but tagged as such)
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.
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
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.
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.
YouTube hasn’t gone down that route yet.
And if they ever do, I’m sure at least 90% of premium users will cancel immediately. I like the quality of the curated channels I subscribe, but I won’t die if I don’t watch YouTube anymore. In the end it’s just the same type of content that could be a blog just as well, but unfortunately most people nowadays don’t read anymore.
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. ❤️
No. The only ads are the sponsors the creators have within the videos.