"Reimagined" probably means "more ad slots".
The point I'm trying to make is that YouTube Go offers a significantly different UX that seems to be about making YouTube more accessible on slower connections. Your speculation about ads in the UI is baseless, IMO.
> No, that is just my knowledge from using YouTube and my experience with ad trafficking.
Never change, HackerNews comments.
This was referring to the fact that the main features that the article discussed were about previewing videos and peer to peer video sharing, which are tangible UX improvements that have nothing to do with showing the user more ads.
Can I clear anything else up for you?
I don't know if they're paid for, but the "you should watch this" and "follow that" and "omg this is so hip in your region right now" are driving me crazy.
Being able to download at different quality, being able to preview, and being able to share over Bluetooth are just straight up usability improvements for people in the targeted region (and probably elsewhere too).
What makes you think he'd display ads if he had an app like that after he made clear what he thinks of that concept?