moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFrustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1646cross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgyoutube@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1646external-linkFrustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)www.androidauthority.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square146fedilinkcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgyoutube@lemmy.ml
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 days agojust make it a subscription service already and see how many people remain…
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoThey did. The subscription service still shows ads.
minus-squarekava@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days 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-up2·edit-23 days agono, subscription only as in you can only watch if subscribed
minus-squareiegod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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-up2·3 days agoYou do know you can subscribe already, right?
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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.