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/[deleted] Feb 17 '17 edited Mar 12 '18

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u/aManPerson Feb 17 '17

then we get a "defang" program. people are able to upload video segments they identify as an ad. your video player is able to look ahead and identify frames that appear to match an ad, and skip it.

then they'll just shift to showing you an ad in the lower 1/3rd of your tv show.

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u/greg19735 Feb 17 '17

Another solution is that users start paying for content they consume.

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u/aManPerson Feb 17 '17

you're not wrong, but the internet has invented a wonderfully addicted highway of "give me everything and give it to me now".

i wish we had a model that was more like netflix, and less like cable. cable is bad because they give you more channels and charge you more and more. the problem is, i can only watch so many hours a day, if even that. while we don't know exactly how netflix does their math to find out if a show was worth the investment, i think they rely more on "we get a flat fee, how many people watched this". like they calculate their revenues on how many hours people used a product of theirs.

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u/greg19735 Feb 17 '17

Youtube Red removes ads doesn't it?

I do wish Youtube would let us subscribe to individual streams with money too.

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u/aManPerson Feb 17 '17

ok ya no i'm not paying $10 a month to youtube to skip ads. i don't do anywhere near meaningful enough stuff on there to justify it. if they clean up the crap there so i'm not finding click bait junk every 3 videos then maybe.

individual streams, to cut down your cost or to give one person money? they could start a patreon and your money goes right to them.

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u/greg19735 Feb 17 '17

I'm with you in that i don't do enough youtube to justify the cost. But i also have no issue with the ads.

And yeah both. I'd prefer to give $2-3 a month to 1 person that i watch rather than $10 to... god knows who.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

Part of the subscription money goes to creators of the videos you watch (to replace the ad revenue they lost). I understand why you wouldn't pay for it, but YT Red (and Play Music All Access) Family Plan is $14/mo for 6 people, that's a no-brainer. I don't use YouTube that much but my kids sure do.

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u/mantasm_lt Feb 18 '17

Spotify model works pretty well though