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YouTube’s anti-ad blocking test gets even pushier with a new timer (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is one of these problem with multiple unsolvable issues:

  • people are used to ad block and won't change
  • the price is too high for part of the population (-> ad block for part of them)
  • $1/month, $10/year would attract new paid account but not that much
  • people can't afford/don't want a subscription everything
  • users don't see any value in it
  • a fraction of the paid will go ad block with the price increase
  • people will circumvent the ad block block
  • capitalism
  • ...
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

They already solved it. Premium was way cheaper before they started bundling it with Music which is just utter garbage. I’d pay like 5€ / month for YouTube Premium without Music IF the experience was actually good and they didn’t shove shorts in my face everywhere like that non-dismissable panel that breaks up my subscriptions now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people would subscribe if they had a lower price tier where they have a reduced amount of ads (like an ad every few videos). Without ad blockers, youtube is unwatchable, you get more ads than you would on TV (where in many places ads are legally capped at around 15mins/hour).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think they are likely to pull a Netflix and create a lower premium tier with ad support and missing other premium features like picture in picture