Jump to content

[Rumor] YouTube ad-free subscription model may be in the works.

Prastupok
By Prastupok
in Tech News
 Share

Posted

YouTube-logo-full_color.png

Some people may not like this. I personally love it. I do a lot of my entertainment on YouTube through various streams, shows, etc.

If it's only 8-15 a month, it may very well be worth it to a lot of us.

 

" A comment buried in a Variety report reveals that the Google-owned video site is "exploring the prospect of launching its own subscription VOD service." The service would presumably offer ad-free streaming of certain video content that's part of the program. That could likely include videos from YouTube stars under the YouTube Originals banner.

 

If such a service were to hit the market, it's said that it would be similar to YouTube Music Key, which provides ad-free access to select music videos and free streaming from Google Play Music for an introductory price of $7.99 per month. The rumor comes from an unnamed executive at a company that partners with YouTube to produce video content."

 

Let me know, would you lovely people buy?

 

Edit: Please don't talk about AdBlock, and that crap. The people who make the videos lose out if you do that just as much as Google does.

 

Source: The Verge

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

God bless AdBlock

 

Let's not talk about adblock. It's a piece of software that shouldn't exist.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Was actually confirmed, I thought.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If we select no for if we would pay the 2nd question needs a N/A field.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Put a "No" section on the 2nd half of the poll because I would not pay to watch, and being forced to pick a price option does not reflect this

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Put a "No" section on the 2nd half of the poll because I would not pay to watch, and being forced to pick a price option does not reflect this

Fixed.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

When the ads go back to be unintrusive i'll agree with that. Being off to the side of the page is fine, in the video is not.

 

How do you think these people, like LinusTech, get paid for their work? Ad integration.

 

That's how he is able to afford his YTLambo. (Kidding)

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I have adblock off on Youtube and most site's that I use often. Most of my Youtube subscription is let's plays. While I like the channels there isn't anyway in hell I would pay to watch someone play a game when I could buy it instead. I often use the let's plays to find out if a new game is good or not too. So certainly not going to pay for one of my workarounds since companies don't want to release demos. Lastly to be honest, Youtube has gone down hill with content ID stuff related to games for a while now, and I've only lost even more faith after Nintendo pulled their ass backwards lets play model. I'm only expecting things to get worse as other companies do the same. Hopefully the next Youtube isn't in the US with our broken copyright laws.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If you don't want to pay for this awesome service perhaps you should just deal with the ads

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.6Ghz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 GPU: GTX 1070 TI RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (4x4) Mobo: ASUS Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) PSU: Corsair RM Series RM750 Case: Fractal Design Define R4 no window

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If it's about the same price as netflix or Hbo nordic i'd be fine with it. I refuse to use adblock on sites i like so this would work for me.

As long as it's just to remove the ads. Restricting access to content would be a dealbreaker.

====>The car thread<====>Dark Souls thread<====>Placeholder<====
"Life is like a raging river, Its gonna get rough downstream. And people's gonna piss in it" 

"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he THINK he was doing at the time?"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I don't agree with it, unless the majority of the money goes to the content creator, then I'll be more accepting of it, but I'd rather that the youtubers were able to put their own specific adverts before the video instead, as I would be more willing to support them that way and see relevant adverts to what I'm viewing. No more cruise holiday adverts before a tech video.

PCs

Spoiler
Spoiler

Branwen (2015 build) - CPU: i7 4790K GPU:EVGA GTX 1070 SC PSU: XFX XTR 650W RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX fury Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPower MAX AC SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB + Crucial MX300 1TB  Case: Silverstone RV05 Cooler: Corsair H80i V2 Displays: AOC AGON AG241QG & BenQ BL2420PT Build log: link 

Spoiler

Netrunner (2020 build) - CPU: AMD R7 3700X GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 (from 2015 build) PSU: Corsair SF600 platinum RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600Mhz cl16 Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570i pro wifi SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB Case: Lian Li TU150W black Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Slim

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Google play music sorta already does this however, with just music but still you can watch the music on youtube.

CPU: Intel 3570 GPUs: Nvidia GTX 660Ti Case: Fractal design Define R4  Storage: 1TB WD Caviar Black & 240GB Hyper X 3k SSD Sound: Custom One Pros Keyboard: Ducky Shine 4 Mouse: Logitech G500

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

ABP

/thread

Main Rig:-

Ryzen 7 3800X | Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming | 16GB Team Group Dark Pro 3600Mhz | Corsair MP600 1TB PCIe Gen 4 | Sapphire 5700 XT Pulse | Corsair H115i Platinum | WD Black 1TB | WD Green 4TB | EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W | Asus TUF GT501 | Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144hz HDR FreeSync 2 | Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS |

 

Server:-

Intel NUC running Server 2019 + Synology DSM218+ with 2 x 4TB Toshiba NAS Ready HDDs (RAID0)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

I don't agree with it, unless the majority of the money goes to the content creator, then I'll be more accepting of it, but I'd rather that the youtubers were able to put their own specific adverts before the video instead, as I would be more willing to support them that way and see relevant adverts to what I'm viewing. No more cruise holiday adverts before a tech video.

 

It would probably be the same as the ads currently pay.

 

ABP

/thread

 

As I already said, some of us like actually seeing the people we watch paid for their work.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Ads are fine for me. I will not pay to watch youtube, ever. And if the ads start getting out of control (like tv is now and has been for the last 30+ years) I'll stop using youtube.

PC Audio Setup = Beyerdynamic DT 770 pro 80 ohm and Sennheiser pc37x (also for xbox) hooked up to Schiit Fulla 3

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I'm annoyed. YouTubers putting in their own overlays and incorporating their own integrations are the only unobnoxious form of advertising you see on YouTube. A massive banner ad in the centre, or making you wait to see a video that may only be a minute or less long. If anything the adverts should be around the video page on YouTube itself. 

 

Granted, the way some YouTubers have handled their own ad integrations has been so shady it's prompted legislative changes, for good reason. A lot of YouTubers make no attempt to make it known that their Monthly Favourites, for example, may include sponsored items (this is something I've seen happen).

 

Come to think of it, how is that porn sites do advertising and comments sections better than YouTube? o.0 How the hell did that become a thing?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

I'm annoyed. YouTubers putting in their own overlays and incorporating their own integrations are the only unobnoxious form of advertising you see on YouTube. A massive banner ad in the centre, or making you wait to see a video that may only be a minute or less long. If anything the adverts should be around the video page on YouTube itself. 

 

Granted, the way some YouTubers have handled their own ad integrations has been so shady it's prompted legislative changes, for good reason. A lot of YouTubers make no attempt to make it known that their Monthly Favourites, for example, may include sponsored items (this is something I've seen happen).

 

That's also somewhat the companies. IIRC, some game company tried to pay reviewers to give a good score.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Only if they let me disable DASH playback too.

Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502

 

Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF  | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

That's also somewhat the companies. IIRC, some game company tried to pay reviewers to give a good score.

 

That's true, that has happened with Microsoft and imo that particular shitstorm wasn't nearly as massive as it ought to have been (which is weird, usually things are overblown), but it often tends to be the naïvete of the YouTubers, trying desperately to advertise to make money, but also entertain their subscribers and produce content and blurring the line between the two to the point of being actively misleading; albeit usually without actual malice.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

God bless AdBlock

So i just guess you just hate people improving their video quality and making money 

3 tips to have a good time on the LTT forums | 1. When you reply to someone please quote them | 2. Please follow your threads | 3. Follow the C.o.C 

If you follow these 3 tips you should have a blast.

i'm rather proud of this for some reason. http://imgur.com/6ttS5XZ

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Tech News

×