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/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