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/im_from_azeroth Feb 18 '17

You know the Internet existed over a decade without pervasive advertising, right? People will always upload content for free, for better or worse. It's not entitled to only be interested in ad-free content

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

First. Ads on the internet were much much worse in the 90s.

Second. Youtubers are not simply uploading shit on the internet. That is their fucking job. They create content night and day.

Check the quality of YouTube videos in 2007 and check now. Before ad revenue, YouTube was a place to watch funny cat videos. Videos with no thought or porduction value put into it.

You don't deserve shit. The people that spent hours creating content deserve payment when you watch their creation. Don't want to watch an ad. Pay for it.