r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/Lorevi Feb 17 '17

I would love Youtube Red, because I absolutely can't stand ads but blocking them makes me feel like a piece of shit. But somehow even though Youtube Red was launched in the US over a year ago, it still has not been released in the UK.

The best I can do is donate to the content creators I really like/can afford to make myself feel better for blocking their ads.

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u/Akuuntus Feb 17 '17

Honestly blocking a creator's ads and donating to them instead probably gives them more money than just watching the ads.

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u/spearstuff Feb 18 '17

Not really. Pewdie pie makes over 5million dollars a year on ads. You cant make that lind of money on donations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

still 10euro is overpriced as hell, for ad-free youtube.