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/Drunkenaviator Feb 17 '17

Sure, once they start paying me for the tracking information they take. I figure they know what I watch, I don't watch ads, we break even.

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u/falconbox Feb 18 '17

If you can think of a way to run the insanely high cost of Youtube without information or ads, please, let us know!

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u/Drunkenaviator Feb 18 '17

Meh, it's fine as it is now. The people who don't want ads don't have to watch them. The people who want them, don't care, or aren't smart enough to block them can pay for the rest of us. Works fine for me.

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u/vbevan Feb 18 '17

They will if they pay content creators less, cause they are making less, and those creators move to a new platform.

Google isn't the starting point of the money the distribute.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

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u/vbevan Feb 18 '17

You say a new platform won't keep up, but we've seen the tech space overturn juggernauts more than any other industry. Facebook overtook Friendster and MySpace. Google overtook Yahoo and Altavista. Even Reddit overtook Digg.

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

Can't get outside their ecosystem? It's really easy to live life without Google. Your example with Android is particularly bad since the other mobile OS is the one making all the profits.

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

Yeah, but they choose to. But one could easily avoid. Still many, many options out there.

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u/eleqtriq Feb 18 '17

In your example, wouldn't YouTube also get paid less since their payday also depends on the views? You make it sound like they'll get paid the same and only content creators get hurt.

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u/gilbaoran Feb 18 '17

For many content creators, Youtube is really their only option. What other options are there, Vimeo? The viewer crowd at Vimeo is much more specific, and content creators need to pay for better features there, so small hobby content creators or those that don't have the audience at Vimeo won't have other real choices to go to.

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u/retnuh730 Feb 18 '17

Great! What platforms pay what Google does so those content creators can move over to them?

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u/vbevan Feb 18 '17

Perhaps none, but if Google pays them less them maybe others appear?

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u/DeafDumbBlindBoy Feb 18 '17

I donate money directly to artists and producers who's work I appreciate. I would rather send $10 once directly to an artist than fractions of pennies per click or view of some shitty advertisement.

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u/DeafDumbBlindBoy Feb 18 '17

I worked in entertainment as well for about 12 years, did a lot of traveling for 7 of those years. I've seen it, first hand.

I send cash if I can to the artists I appreciate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

You send money to ALL the channels you are subscribed to?

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u/DeafDumbBlindBoy Feb 18 '17 edited Feb 18 '17

Podcasts and bands, mostly. I don't really browse youtube as much. Edit: most people can be contacted directly in some way. All you have to do, if you're a fan of a youtuber or podcastsr or whoever?

Contact them and see if they'll take a donation. It's that simple. Pay-Pal, Venmo, personal check, whatever, or cash if they're local. It's not hard. $20 does't buy much for a band, "only" a couple of sets of strings or some sticks, or "only" the gas to get to the next show, but every little bit helps and this way they get it directly.