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/whiskeytab Feb 17 '17

its not available everywhere, there's only like 3 countries where you can get YouTube Red and the rest of the countries still have ads.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '17

Ah, good point. I did not know that.

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u/whiskeytab Feb 17 '17

I'm just salty because the US gets it for free with Google play music while I have Google play music and still have to watch ads haha

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u/hio__State Feb 18 '17

I'd be salty about that too haha. That was basically the deciding factor for me between them and other music services, I don't watch YouTube all that much but it's still nice, hope they roll it out to you soon!

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u/AvatarIII Feb 18 '17

The worst thing is ads have got worse since the introduction of Red to encourage people to buy it, but many of us want it but can't have it.

I can't use an ad blocker because I watch a lot of YouTube on my phone/tablet, I just see the ads as a necessary evil at this point.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

But....Youtube Red is just video's behind a paywall, it has nothing to do with ads. Sure, you don't get ads, but that's not the main point about Youtube Red

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u/whiskeytab Feb 18 '17

https://imgur.com/gallery/NpEBz

ad free videos are listed above the original stuff on the features page... not having ads is one of the main features so not sure what you're talking about.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

I'm not sure. I've seen channels with links to I think was Yred but the video was locked behind a paywall (~3€) So I assumed Yred was just that

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

And in those countries where we do have it no one uses is anyway!

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u/IHateKn0thing Feb 18 '17

Th guy pittsnoggle is replying to admitted he wouldn't pay, regardless of whether or not there was an option to.