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0 pointsPurestGuava1y ago0 comments

OK, but we're very specifically discussing YouTube here, which as discussed, you don't have to pay for; but if you do, you don't see ads.

0 pointsPurestGuava1y ago0 comments

OK, but we're very specifically discussing YouTube here, which as discussed, you don't have to pay for; but if you do, you don't see ads.

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agent3271y ago· 2 in thread

...for now. But I do wonder how well this statement will age.

carlosjobim1y ago

All of the people commenting on this thread will be dead and buried one day. That's how well all of this will age.

agent3271y ago

Society used to have the wisdom to plant trees for its children to sit under. On the whole I think I like that attitude a lot better than this "apres moi, le deluge" thinking we see so much of now.

DeusExMachina1y ago· 1 in thread

Except, you do.

https://www.howtogeek.com/more-ads-are-coming-to-youtube-pre...

Workaccount21y ago

Clearly they are referring to the ad-free plan, not the cheaper ad-subsidized plan.

sokoloff1y ago· 1 in thread

If you do, you don’t see pre-roll and mid-roll ads. You still see embedded ads, sponsor mentions, “all the tools we used are linked below”, etc.

vntok1y ago

That's on the video creator, not YouTube. Just tell them to stop or you won't watch their videos anymore.

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