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YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Where are you getting that from? YouTube premium is ad free (so far).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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, which for them is probably a good deal but for us it feels like being double charged.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.