This is why we cant have nice things - stupid Adblock addon.

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Anubis

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Yes, yes,yes

If it blinks, flashes, or auto streams it DIES!

I had AT white listed for a while until that rule was broken. Now there are no white listed sites. If a site wants to be white listed they can post a notice that they don't allow those type of ads and I will white list them.

I subscribed when it was available and would do it again if that becomes an option.

But, I will not allow anyone to annoy me. And you probably won't get a second chance.



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very much this
 

Murloc

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I just shit my pants when I realize how bad the internet is without adblock plus.
 

QueBert

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So its ok to rip off the advertisers by pretending to "watch" ads that you have absolutely no intention of consuming or responding to? Were doing them a favor by showing that we dont have interest in their methods or format.

That's how commercials on TV work too. You're not doing anyone a favor by not showing interest. All you're doing is speeding up pushing Youtube to adopting a pay to watch thing. I get free TV (no cable here) because of... commercials. I would shit my pants if I had to pay to get local channels. But thanks to people like you, I bet my free TV ride is coming to an end too. I watch the ad's on YT, I've probably only ended up actually buying about 10 thing from seeing probably 10,000 ad's over the years. But the people who put their time and effort into making the videos are still seeing a bit of cash because I see threw a single ad. It's really the least I can do to help support for them putting their time and effort into making videos I enjoy watching.
 
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MotionMan

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if Youtube goes to a pay model I'm done with it.

If YouTube went to a pay model, it will die.

I, for one, can live without YouTube and would never pay for such a service. If it went pay model, another free site (or a million) would pop up in a second.

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QueBert

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People actually click on ads? :confused:

Yeah, I saw an ad for some new Nike+ shoes, I was watching a video on jogging so it fit with it. And I ended up buying the shoes because of the ad spot. I've clicked on a few other ad's and not right away, but ended up buying down the road because of it. The advertisers must have some luck with people buying shit, because there are Youtube Partners who make a comfortable living off just their youtube videos. Advertisers aren't going to pay the money endlessly if they're not seeing some results.
 

Newbian

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Aug 24, 2008
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I think you have something misconfigured. Mine doesn't exhibit that behavior. They use lists that block adservers, and you can manually add filters for specific content.

This as I have never seen a image blocked based on size only and have been using adblock for a long time..
 

jagec

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You did that because you wanted to and didn't expect anything. He enabled ads specifically to make a few extra bucks for his work.
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Seriously? Your ramblings are not funny anymore. He posted specific instructions on how to perform technical work on a smartphone by replacing the LCD screen. Its the only one of its kind for that particular phone on youtube and he's had a lot of hits on it already. He saw a niche and is using it which is what a large part of youtube is about.
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Who said it was his job? He does it in his spare time to generate extra revenue. And, he gets a lot of hits on it so there is a demand for his videos.

He actually thought that he'd make money by uploading videos to Youtube? Then he's naive. That's like putting up a sign that says "suggested donation $10" and then getting all bent out of shape that some people don't donate. Sorry, no sympathy here.

If you* want to make money on something, SELL IT. The reason why Youtube videos are more popular than $5 how-to DVDs is the price. If Youtube cared about people using Adblock, they would make it impossible to skip/disable ads. They don't.


*In this sentence, much like in my previous post, "you" is being used as an impersonal pronoun and has the same definition as "people".

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QueBert

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He actually thought that he'd make money by uploading videos to Youtube? Then he's naive. That's like putting up a sign that says "suggested donation $10" and then getting all bent out of shape that some people don't donate. Sorry, no sympathy here.

If you* want to make money on something, SELL IT. The reason why Youtube videos are more popular than $5 how-to DVDs is the price. If Youtube cared about people using Adblock, they would make it impossible to skip/disable ads. They don't.


*In this sentence, much like in my previous post, "you" is being used as an impersonal pronoun and has the same definition as "people".

That isn't the same though, if I put up a sign on my front lawn and you walk by, it would be unreasonable for me to expect a donation from you as I did nothing. But if I upload a Youtube video I spent weeks working on, and I'm a partner. I should reasonably expect that I'll make money from each view. And obviously the model works at least somewhat. The Epicmealtime dudes and many others are making a living from their Youtube videos.
 

jagec

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That isn't the same though, if I put up a sign on my front lawn and you walk by, it would be unreasonable for me to expect a donation from you as I did nothing. But if I upload a Youtube video I spent weeks working on, and I'm a partner. I should reasonably expect that I'll make money from each view. And obviously the model works at least somewhat. The Epicmealtime dudes and many others are making a living from their Youtube videos.

I can understand your point, but my point is that Youtube allows people to block ads and still view their videos. Therefore, if you upload your video to such a service, you can't expect everyone to watch the ads. (My comment was assuming that you were providing a service for the donation)

How much time and effort gets spent making the video isn't relevant, it only matters how much someone is willing to PAY for it, and how that money is collected. Some museums stay open on donations, but that doesn't make it a good business model; giving something away and then expecting peoples' sense of guilt to kick in is unfair, and only penalizes the honest.

So don't ask me to turn off my ad blocker, ask Youtube to fix their view counter and lower the per-click payout accordingly.
 

FelixDeCat

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Yeah, I saw an ad for some new Nike+ shoes, I was watching a video on jogging so it fit with it. And I ended up buying the shoes because of the ad spot. I've clicked on a few other ad's and not right away, but ended up buying down the road because of it. The advertisers must have some luck with people buying shit, because there are Youtube Partners who make a comfortable living off just their youtube videos. Advertisers aren't going to pay the money endlessly if they're not seeing some results.

This is true. Based on ads Ive seen recently on AT and YT Ive become interested in an upcomming movie I might not have otherwise known about (Battleship) or cool lightweight cameras you can mount on radio controlled planes and copters to make more videos or set up your own drone system, etc.

On AT I frequently see interesting new tech at good prices that I might not have otherwise considered, earning a click.

It works for advertisers and it works for content makers. Win-win! :)
 

slag

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He actually thought that he'd make money by uploading videos to Youtube? Then he's naive. That's like putting up a sign that says "suggested donation $10" and then getting all bent out of shape that some people don't donate. Sorry, no sympathy here.

If you* want to make money on something, SELL IT. The reason why Youtube videos are more popular than $5 how-to DVDs is the price. If Youtube cared about people using Adblock, they would make it impossible to skip/disable ads. They don't.

He's made $200.00 in 3 months. He does ok on the side with it.
 

lothar

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Yeah, I saw an ad for some new Nike+ shoes, I was watching a video on jogging so it fit with it. And I ended up buying the shoes because of the ad spot. I've clicked on a few other ad's and not right away, but ended up buying down the road because of it. The advertisers must have some luck with people buying shit, because there are Youtube Partners who make a comfortable living off just their youtube videos. Advertisers aren't going to pay the money endlessly if they're not seeing some results.
Instead of clicking on the ad(which would load a bunch of popups, and could take control of your computer through numerous Java and ActiveX hacks), why not just simply do a Google search for said product you saw in the ad?
There is absolutely zero reason whatsoever to click on an ad.
You don't need to click on an ad to buy said products advertised in it.

There's a sucker born every minute.