youtube red: youtube without ads for 10$ a month

[Red Squirrel]

I only get them when I watch it on my phone :|

Yeah trying to watch Youtube on my phone is when I realize how ridiculous it has gotten. Some longer videos will even have ads interrupting the video. There's probably apps to block them but I just never bothered to check. lol.

Though I heard something to the effect that adblock got bought by another company and they will start to stop blocking stuff if they get money? Anyone else hear anything of this nature?

 

[lxskllr]

Though I heard something to the effect that adblock got bought by another company and they will start to stop blocking stuff if they get money? Anyone else hear anything of this nature?

That can be disabled. I use, and recommend uBlock. It's lighter than ABP. On mobile I use AdAway(root), and uBlock on Firefox for cosmetic blocking.

 

[13Gigatons]

Don't like Youtube very much anymore. Only good for news stories with posted videos.

Sometimes I play music videos but it's only good on the computer. Doesn't stream well in the theater like netflix and other services.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Today YouTube confirmed that any “partner” creator who earns a cut of ad revenue but doesn’t agree to sign its revenue share deal for its new YouTube Red $9.99 ad-free subscription will have their videos hidden from public view on both the ad-supported and ad-free tiers. That includes videos by popular comedians, musicians, game commentators, and DIY instructors, though not the average person that uploads clips.

According to Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl at today’s YouTube Red launch event, 99% of content consumed on YouTube will be still available, noting that the vast majority of creators signed the deal.

Kyncl says YouTube will pay out “the vast, vast majority of revenue” to creators, but he repeatedly refused to detail what that percentage would be. Subscriptions music service Spotify pays 70% and Apple Music pays 71.5%. Earlier this year, a change to YouTube Partner Program Terms said creators would be paid just 55% of revenue. That would be comparatively low.

The money will be split up according to watch time, so creators with longer videos could benefit more than quick clip producers. And to be clear, the removal situation and deal only apply to YouTube partners — very popular creators who already had a deal to earn 55% of ad revenue from their videos. Normal people uploading home videos to YouTube don’t have to worry about any of this.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/21/an-offer-creators-cant-refuse/

 

[master_shake_]

wow...

i mean to neuter your own service in the name of "progress" is amazing.

meh.

i may actually miss tek syndicate.

 

[Sonikku]

Hadn't noticed. I get no adverts on Youtube for appx $0 a month.

 

[PliotronX]

Such an unfortunate name...

 

[RaistlinZ]

Hadn't noticed. I get no adverts on Youtube for appx $0 a month.

Ditto.

 

[John Connor]

What Ads? Why can't I download a video again?

 

[Spungo]

wait...Youtube has ads?

Yes, and they're terrible. I was watching a video, and mid-video it switched to an ad. The ad was 5 minutes long and could not be skipped. I just closed the window. I don't have time for this shit. The ad was a guy cooking a steak.

 

[John Connor]

Yes, and they're terrible. I was watching a video, and mid-video it switched to an ad. The ad was 5 minutes long and could not be skipped. I just closed the window. I don't have time for this shit. The ad was a guy cooking a steak.

You have to be smarter than the website, yo!

 

[Elixer]

Sad thing is, people will buy this crap.

At least they named it right, people will be seeing red after getting the bill.

I wonder if redbox will sue them now?

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I accept your Red bid and raise you a Ublock.

Fucker

 

[JEDI]

http://youtubecreator.blogspot.com/2015/10/meet-youtube-red-ultimate-youtube_37.html

it gives ad-free viewing, plus the ability to save videos for offline play, plus google play music is included with the 10$

in other news, youtube apparently hasn't discovered that ABP and FLV downloaders exist :whiste:

huh ads?!
(have adblock plus on IE)

I don't think I've ever seen an ad for a youtube video.
and $10 for youtube red better allow some flexible naked teenage girl in a variety of poses

 

[pontifex]

red....tube?

 

[DrPizza]

$5.50 goes to content creators, YouTube keeps $4.50. If you watch one particular channel 50% of the time, that channel will get $2.75 or half of the $5.50. With increasing usage of adblockers, content creators and YouTube will lose money (people won't have much incentive to make videos anymore).

Shot in the dark: the content providers of the videos I primarily watch only use the financial aspect as a secondary reason for creating that content. Their primary reason is a passion for the subject matter that they are creating content about. E.g., Veritassium

 

[DrPizza]

Sad thing is, people will buy this crap.

At least they named it right, people will be seeing red after getting the bill.

I wonder if redbox will sue them now?

Why's that sad? If a portion is going to the content providers, I'll happily pay $10 per month, because I'm not an entitled leach. Especially if it makes it a lot easier to download youtube videos and I'm not constantly battling updates to grab the content for later offline use.

 

[pcslookout]

I only get them when I watch it on my phone :|

Why not use a ad blocker for your phone like I do ?

 

[pcslookout]

That can be disabled. I use, and recommend uBlock. It's lighter than ABP. On mobile I use AdAway(root), and uBlock on Firefox for cosmetic blocking.

Same here.

 

[vi edit]

Upshot to me is getting Play Music out of the deal. That's not a bad combo and something that no one else is able to offer. In my case, I'll be paying to get Music with the bonus of the youtube perks.

 

[Exophase]

I wonder how much ad-revenue any one person generates on Youtube. Even the most ardent viewer watching hundreds of movies a month will only generate maybe some tens of cents. Any of these people moving to $10 represents a massive increase in revenue to Google and content providers. If this takes off I expect some already pretty wealthy Youtubers are going to get a lot wealthier.

But I really wonder how much it's going to take off. Youtube content really pales in comparison to what people get on similarly priced Netflix, HBO, or even Hulu plans. The subscription exclusive content listed thus far doesn't make it that much more compelling in my eyes.

Personally I'm a fan of subscription models over ad models, I feel like the latter has some worse side effects. But I don't think I care enough about Youtube to go for this.

 

[Imp]

I wonder how much ad-revenue any one person generates on Youtube. Even the most ardent viewer watching hundreds of movies a month will only generate maybe some tens of cents. Any of these people moving to $10 represents a massive increase in revenue to Google and content providers. If this takes off I expect some already pretty wealthy Youtubers are going to get a lot wealthier.

Hmmm... Come to think of it, that's probably true. I watch a ton of music videos -- playlist -- and probably rack up a max of 3000 views a month, 99.9% are 5 minutes or shorter so only 1 ad runs. I click one ad a month, it used to be 2 when I accidentally clicked to try to stop it playing (clicking stops normal videos from playing so bad habit).

Assuming $1-$3 per thousand views, that's $3 to $9 -- it may be lower because I repeat/loop the same video a bunch of times but the autoplay makes me hit the back button and replay an ad so that might balance out. Also throw in times when ads don't play. I get like 75% coverage on my Youtube videos.

 

[Exophase]

Hmmm... Come to think of it, that's probably true. I watch a ton of music videos -- playlist -- and probably rack up a max of 3000 views a month, 99.9% are 5 minutes or shorter so only 1 ad runs. I click one ad a month, it used to be 2 when I accidentally clicked to try to stop it playing (clicking stops normal videos from playing so bad habit).

Assuming $1-$3 per thousand views, that's $3 to $9 -- it may be lower because I repeat/loop the same video a bunch of times but the autoplay makes me hit the back button and replay an ad so that might balance out. Also throw in times when ads don't play. I get like 75% coverage on my Youtube videos.

You sound like an unusual user who's a perfect candidate for this service. I'm surprised you opted for Youtube over other music providers given the ads, are the playlists really hard to manage? Listening to that many ads would drive me insane, there's a non-linear pain threshold there as you're forced to endure the same ads over and over again.

 

[Cerb]

The only ads I normally see are those that are part of the video, and they are ads from the video's maker, not Youtube itself (FI, some LTT videos have ads by him in them).

 

[Shlong]

Shot in the dark: the content providers of the videos I primarily watch only use the financial aspect as a secondary reason for creating that content. Their primary reason is a passion for the subject matter that they are creating content about. E.g., Veritassium

And the vast majority use the financial aspect as the main reason for creating content. Unless you're at a point where you're financially independent, how many people can spare the hours needed to record and edit the videos? The channel I watch the most is The Gaming Historian (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbvPS_rXp4PC21PG2k1UVg) and he quit his decent paying job to do video full time. He's dependent on his YouTube income to pay the bills.