Way back when, when speciality cable became a thing, the big appeal to all these cable packages was “no ads, unlike regular television channels”.
Everybody started buying cable packages. And it was glorious! You could watch a show or a movie WITHOUT getting interrupted by stupid bullshit ads.
Then they started putting ads in between episodes or shows. People grumbled, but hey, it was between not during so … nobody pulled out (statistically speaking).
Then they’d put an ad in the middle. Just a short one. People grumbled, but hey, it was short. So nobody (statistically speaking) pulled out.
Over time, using salami tactics (one thin slice after another), ads got injected into all these speciality packages. In the end you got exactly the same as what you’d fled from. Only you paid ten times as much for it.
And nobody (statistically speaking) pulled out.
So guess what Youtube Premium is going to be doing? (Hint: history doesn’t repeat, but it sure as fuck rhymes!)
The moment I hear my first ad, I will be immediately dropping the service. My consumption you YT content will drop almost to nothing. I absolutely refuse to pay for a service that has ads. You don’t get it both ways.
Wait till they spill ads in premium as well
If they do, I will not be a premium subscriber anymore.
Way back when, when speciality cable became a thing, the big appeal to all these cable packages was “no ads, unlike regular television channels”.
Everybody started buying cable packages. And it was glorious! You could watch a show or a movie WITHOUT getting interrupted by stupid bullshit ads.
Then they started putting ads in between episodes or shows. People grumbled, but hey, it was between not during so … nobody pulled out (statistically speaking).
Then they’d put an ad in the middle. Just a short one. People grumbled, but hey, it was short. So nobody (statistically speaking) pulled out.
Over time, using salami tactics (one thin slice after another), ads got injected into all these speciality packages. In the end you got exactly the same as what you’d fled from. Only you paid ten times as much for it.
And nobody (statistically speaking) pulled out.
So guess what Youtube Premium is going to be doing? (Hint: history doesn’t repeat, but it sure as fuck rhymes!)
The moment I hear my first ad, I will be immediately dropping the service. My consumption you YT content will drop almost to nothing. I absolutely refuse to pay for a service that has ads. You don’t get it both ways.
Very few people follow through on this. I hope enough do to kill Youtube, though.
Look at Mr. Einstein here with his reasonable logic
This fear mongering from OP above (and many others) is really ridiculous, obvious problems will have obvious solutions.