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solannou | 8 months ago

I'm barely sure that the long term strategy of YouTube is "more ads". The premium account won't be always ads free

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motoxpro|8 months ago

This is a big misunderstanding of the business model. The price might go up, but there will always be a tier with no ads.

pclmulqdq|8 months ago

Unfortunately, the way ads work, the people who pay to avoid ads are inevitably the ones worth advertising to. The Nash equilibrium is that every user sees ads.

jvolkman|8 months ago

But it is now. And there's no contract, so it's easy to cancel if that ever changes.

stickfigure|8 months ago

If that ever happens then we can reopen the discussion of the morality of adblockers on youtube. In the mean time, just pay for it.