Ads come in many shapes and sizes - from blocking a corner during internet surfing to popping up and blocking your entire screen while you are playing a phone game - all are extremely annoying. Let's say there's a funny video on YouTube that you want to show your friend. You open up the video and boom; a 30 second long unskippable ad pops up. The first reaction will always be "AWW COME ON". Ads ads ads...
I understand, people need to make revenue off of their own videos, but at least put shorter ads in your videos! Putting a 30-second long ad inside your video is very painful for the millions of us out there. Obviously, I can survive these ads and help the video producer a bit, but over time, these ads get extremely annoying especially when you are watching multiple videos in a row.
With the introduction of YouTube Red, watching videos has never been as expensive as before! With a super "cheap" cost of $9.99 per month, your wallet will be empty by the end of next year! Let's get this straight; paying for free videos is certainly a no. There is a reason the word "free" is in front of the word "videos". The reason YouTube is so popular is because it is an efficient way for people of all ages to learn and be entertained without having to pay (internet service fees are excluded) a cent. Ads are used to help generate revenue for producers so that it becomes a win-win situation. However, with the introduction of YouTube Red, the situation now is more like a -1000% lose to a $1000 win.
On my side of things, I would NEVER pay for free videos. Even if the subscription cost lowered, I would still not pay for it. It is clearly just not worth it; especially when the current ads are only 5-30 seconds long. The longer ads have a "Skip Ad" button, which is a feature YouTube may remove to influence more people to subscribe to their service.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you all the way. I know ads can be frustratingly long, but paying for it $9.99 just for it to skip every time? I'd rather just draw the line at enduring 30-second long ads.
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Totally agree with you on the subscription fee. (I also love your use of sarcasm). $9.99 is an expensive price to pay monthly just to completely remove ads from YouTube. You're right about the privileges that we already have when it comes to YouTube. We're given all this free content and take that for granted. Like you said, I could survive these ads as the long ones have a skip option and the short ones aren't even that stressful (still annoying however).
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you on the subscription fee. (I also love your use of sarcasm). $9.99 is an expensive price to pay monthly just to completely remove ads from YouTube. You're right about the privileges that we already have when it comes to YouTube. We're given all this free content and take that for granted. Like you said, I could survive these ads as the long ones have a skip option and the short ones aren't even that stressful (still annoying however).
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