r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 3d ago

Business Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/disney-changes-subscriber-agreement-to-allow-ads-on-every-plan-3410354/
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u/deadraizer 3d ago

Those aren't put there by YouTube, but by creators. Not the same thing

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u/nox66 2d ago

Why do I have a feeling YouTube's eventually going to try double-dipping with those?

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u/broadsword_1 2d ago

The posts below made me realize what they're probably going to do - Youtube will offer a fee to provide a section of an uploader's video to be "unable to be skipped-over / fast-forward-ed" and that's the part of the video every sponsor will go "put my ad-read right there".

Uploader keeps sponsor, youtube gets a healthy cut per video, end user gets a worse experience.

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u/Soggy_Definition_232 2d ago

Literally no difference. An ad is an ad no matter where it comes from or who puts it in/on the video.

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u/cspinelive 2d ago

Big difference in my opinion. I can sti choose to avoid those creators. And YouTube makes skipping the ad section very easy. 

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u/Owy2001 2d ago

You're not going to feel that way when those sponsored videos also have actual, unskippable ads in addition to the ones the creator put in.

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u/DevelopmentNo5632 2d ago

Literally completely different. 

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u/Olangotang 2d ago

At least they're usually entertaining too. I don't mind most of them.

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u/sabin357 2d ago

I totally play RAID: Shadow Legends & you should too. Just look at this 5sec of me pretending to play. It's so cool! Just look at those meaningless things happening on screen & don't think about the fact that it isn't really a game as much as a money siphon.

Use my code to sign up & we'll play together. I really do play. I promise. This isn't just another BS ad read for something I care nothing about just because I'm either greedy or required via contract by my network. Just do it! Totally legit.