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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

just make it a subscription service already and see how many people remain...

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They did. The subscription service still shows ads.

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[–] Hominine@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

This is not true.

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[–] kava@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Do you mean the promoted content done by the youtubers themselves? Because there are no YouTube ads when you use Premum.

And Premium recently came out with a feature that makes it really easy to skip the promotional content.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

no, subscription only as in you can only watch if subscribed

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Subscribed what 🤔

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[–] iegod@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

They have and most users are still around because the alternatives are far too light on content. The creators drive the show, not the users.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You do know you can subscribe already, right?

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

what I mean is a model where a subscription is required to watch anything. Even that is more graceful than the hacky 1 hour long youtube video solution to their problems.

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