moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFrustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1676arrow-down116
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minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 month agojust make it a subscription service already and see how many people remain…
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down8·1 month agoThey did. The subscription service still shows ads.
minus-squareHominine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoThis is not true.
minus-squarekava@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoDo 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.
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month agono, subscription only as in you can only watch if subscribed
minus-squareiegod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThey have and most users are still around because the alternatives are far too light on content. The creators drive the show, not the users.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 month agoYou do know you can subscribe already, right?
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agowhat 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.
just make it a subscription service already and see how many people remain…
They did. The subscription service still shows ads.
This is not true.
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.
no, subscription only as in you can only watch if subscribed
Subscribed what 🤔
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.
You do know you can subscribe already, right?
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.