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You know there aren't ads if you actually pay for it right? I agree the ads are obnoxious, but hosting YouTube is incredibly expensive, and online ads are incr
by masukomi 3y ago
You know there aren't ads if you actually pay for it right?
I agree the ads are obnoxious, but hosting YouTube is incredibly expensive, and online ads are incredibly cheap so... Even if they _weren't_ being greedy there would need to be A LOT of ads to compensate for the hosting & engineering costs.
Like... If you hate the ads THAT MUCH, but want to continue using the service, why not just pay for the service?
(side note: you also get streaming music (YouTube Music) when you pay for YouTube which is a nice bonus.)
- ericfrazier 3y agoIt's a dark pattern of getting people hooked on free then moving to a pay only model even though they still make all their money off your data.
- raincole 3y agoBut you're not just paying for the bandwidth. You're paying for the bandwidth that used by others who use ad blockers too. It's a prisoners dilemma. The honest ones (who pay for YouTube premium) lost the most.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoAre you sure that there won't be any ads in the future? Because it already repeatedly happened that that paid subscription was without ads, until it wasn't.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoWhy does that matter? Youtube premium isn't locking you into anything. If you decide you no longer like the service you can get rid of it.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoIt does matter a lot. If I do not want ads but get them later, even as a paying customer, then there is no reason to pay for no ads.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoBut you won't get them as a paying customer, because you'll stop paying if they try to show you ads...
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