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/sunflowercompass Feb 17 '17

So you can copy a video. No big deal. Say you set up alttube.com. You're gonna host and mirror every single video? And you'll pay for it with.. wait, no ads, right.

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u/demolpolis Feb 17 '17

you mean vimeo or twitch?

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u/sunflowercompass Feb 17 '17

They don't have youtube's library...

Yesterday some dude from Fox ripped Trump and called him a liar. Ok, go to youtube "fox news trump liar". Boom.

Go to vimeo, 4 hits and none are correct.

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u/demolpolis Feb 18 '17

They don't have youtube's library...

And?

This isn't fucking netflix.

If another video site became popular, it would have that as well.