Without ads the world would basically stop, they drive the businesses, each and every one.
It’s a necessary evil that will always be in most popular products, especially considering most people want to get all value for free.
Is that so hard to get?
It's like credit cards. It's amazing benefits wouldn't exist without leagues of people chronically keeping a balance against near-usury levels of interest in some cases, but, fortunately, the set of people that use them correctly is much much smaller.
Most people irl don't give a shit about ads.
Evidence A: NFL and soccer growing in popularity every year despite 90 sec of ads every 5-10 minutes.
Evidence B: Netflix cheap and Spotify free being more than enough for millions of people.
Without them, our entire industry wouldn't exist. Being able to dunk on ads and invest time on ad blockers is a privilege, really.
$ 6.99 Standard with ads
$15.46 Standard
$22.99 Premium
The differences between the standard plan and the standard plan with ads, aside from the ads, is that the plan with ads also: (1) only has "most" of the movies and TV shows Netflix, (2) and does not allow purchasing an "extra member" slot.
The difference between the standard and premium plans, besides 4K, is: (1) premium lets you download on 6 devices at once (both standard plans are limited to 2), (2) premium includes spatial audio, and (3) premium lets you purchase up to 2 "extra member" slots.
I'm really curious how many people who do not get Premium go for Standard rather than Standard with ads.
I subscribed a couple days ago, specifically to watch a show that was prematurely cancelled by its original broadcast network (on a cliffhanger!) that Netflix picked up and finished. I figured that since I had watched the first 3 seasons on broadcast TV with ads and don't recall being overly annoyed I could put up with ads for the rest, and I could always switch to a no ads plan if the ads were a problem.
So far, after 5 episodes of just under an hour each...the ads were barely noticeable.
It has shown me 3 ads, each 30 seconds long. They came at points where the was a major scene change so they didn't disrupt the show. They have, so far, been unobtrusive enough that I wouldn't even pay $1 extra to get rid of them, let alone pay more than double.
How does normal football allow for tv adverts? (Other than half time)
> Economies without them can exist
We should be able to both hate ads and understand that they are a necessary monetization model for certain things. If you feel strongly that they aren't necessary what model should be used instead?
If you're seeing "shitty content", clickbait and paid sponsorship, it means you haven't told the YouTube algorithm what you want to see. It's just the push of a button.
There are plenty of channels that do none of these. As for "algorythm manipulations", YT recommends more of what you like or subscribed to. Not sure what you expect a content aggregator and provider to do. Just have a search bar? I've come across so many interesting channels thanks to the "algorythm manipulations".
Citation needed. Are you saying that if there were a billion YT premium subscribers, YT would still need ads for its scale? I doubt it.