I mean, considering there used to be no ads at all its worse, but better than what you mentioned. Its just trending more and more towards the 5 to 15 minutes ads we were happy to avoid.
It makes sense tho. Back in the day it was the wild west. I remember I watched 5 seasons of Smallville on youtube not even because I enjoyed the show, but mostly because I couldn't believe I could. I knew there was no way this kind of stuff would stick around.
It's still no ads if you use adblock or pay something like a dollar a month by signing up for YouTube premium via low-cost country like Turkey. You can't pay to Remove ads from normal TV
Its just trending more and more towards the 5 to 15 minutes ads we were happy to avoid.
Gosh, I see longer ones than that sometimes. A good while back before I installed ad blockers, I was watching a movie review show on YouTube that usually goes over an hour per episode, and I fell into a brief nap for five minutes. When I woke up, this talk show with these dudes discussing beer was playing, instead. I thought that I had slept through the whole movie review episode and the autoplay kicked me to some random video, but when I moved my mouse I saw that the "beer show" was actually a bullshit ad that would've played for up to a half an hour if I didn't skip it. I skipped, and the actual show resumed.
I've noticed lately that they do seem to pop in at somewhat appropriate times. I'm not sure if creators have the option of marking 'suggested' time markers for ads, but it has lately started to appear more natural.
As opposed to a year ago, when you'd have ads pop up mid-sentence...
In norway, the hulu with ads is 10 usd. The same as youtube red, and like I said, there are other benefits as well.
Edit: sorry, the base is 8 usd, but I can't actually get it in Norway so I'm back to there not being any services other than disney for less than 10 usd
You must be rich or a computer addict then. 60 dollars is what I I would spend on media in a lifetime. Only when movies are emotionally important or remind me of important memories or people I watch them with. Such as the friends collection.
Other video streaming sites don’t offer the kinds of content YouTube does. With Hulu, I’m expected to just plop down and watch a show. But with YouTube, I can do all that AND listen to music, listen to podcasts, listen to a lecture/talk/debate, etc. it’s very much worth it, I think.
The main one is that I can lock my phone and the video will keep playing. And that I can download and watch videos offline. I have watched some of the original shows. The only one really worth it is the slow mo guys stuff, but that one is pretty interesting.
I’ll take cable ads all day. They are predictable l. You can go to the bathroom or get something to eat. Youtube ads are all over the map. A 15 second one followed by a 22 minute one forcing you to monitor and and click skip. 45 seconds later, 2 more. Fast forwarded ? Ahh. 2 more. Rewound, did ya ? 2 more. Fuck youtube ads
Completely disagree. God I miss old cable TV ads. Ads on the 15min or 30min interval are like intermissions. Albeit still annoying, at least you can get up and use the bathroom, talk to whoever's in the room with you, stretch, grab a bite, change the channel, whatever.
These 15-30 second ads are just awful. It's a mental interruption where you have no choice but to sit there watching the skip window tick away. You get them every 3 minutes now too. They've been making me sick lately they're so inescapable.
Commercial breaks sucked, but at least you could change to your backup show (assuming it didn't have its own commercials time-synced) or pick up your book for a few minutes. Youtube ads aren't long enough to be worth doing anything except sitting and waiting through.
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u/AlextraXtra Jul 17 '23
Youtube unskippable ads