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I received a message from YouTube that claims that they'll be going to a monthly paid subscription service. There weren't many details but it seems that they're doing this so that subscribers won't have to endure seeing ads on their videos. They didn't say when they were going to do this exactly, but it's scheduled to happen this year.
Although it sounded like they weren't planning on making it mandatory for every user, I think I could add the word "YET" to the end of that sentence. Anyway, enjoy free YouTube while you can. |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...n-as-this-year
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I don't have a problem watching an ad here and there for premium contents. I certainly would not want to watch ads to watch someone's homemade video about their dog Skippy, especially if the video's producer doesn't get a dime from the ad revenue.
OY |
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if it is just an ad free experience -- fine - -i wont pay for it.
they are making billions as it is wonder why they gotta get greedy .. |
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I don't think YouTube will go premium all the time, they do make quite a bit off their ads after all. A lot of users have asked for this (apparently not realizing ad block is a thing) and it's another way to support the (ever growing) content providers who have turned YouTube into a business.
Now, as for the dinky home videos that built YouTube and still exist in limited forms, those are not ad based generally and are just there to share and have fun. SOMETIMES people make money off of them, but they don't monitorize them until after they start going viral (it's an option you can check when you upload a video that turns on ads for said video, a portion of which goes to the content creator, be it a studio or home operator). Generally, ads are done for the big time players PewDiePie, Smosh, Jenna Marbles, some of whom have media companies behind them (Smosh is owned by Defy Media) and some who still do it out of their bedroom. This is their job, and Premium subscriptions help them, just as ad revenue does. To make it mandatory for EVERYONE would not only kill YouTube, it would also turn away many of their content providers, from which the proverbial cash cow was born because they will be losing money as they lose subscribers. Caveat...Google is becoming more like Microsoft* every day with their draconian grasp and control of users, so they might do this and while it would be a stupid move, that hasn't always stopped them, so YMMV. (No insult to Google or Microsoft, still use both daily, just a business practice that it turning off people) |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/te...n-service.html
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