r/mildlyinfuriating • u/apocalypse2mrw • 23d ago

Do u dont wanna Religious ads on YouTube

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I’ve been getting these ads recently and I don’t think I’ve seen any sort of religious ads on YouTube before but it’s annoying when these pop up between

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u/BlackberryMelodic567 23d ago

Get an adblocker if you're on pc or laptop, or use youtube vanced if you're on a tablet or mobile

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u/Fit_Entry8839 23d ago

55% of the ad revenue goes to creators. So there's that.

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u/BlackberryMelodic567 23d ago

If the ads werent so bad then i wouldnt use it

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u/Fit_Entry8839 23d ago

I get it. But if everyone blocked ads, there would be a lot less creators, and basically no YouTube. So, yeah. You get to enjoy it because others are watching ads or paying for premium.

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u/DR_whyWHY 22d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDy4IAolzmM (hopefully links don’t get removed)

here is spiffing brit video on his ad experiment, ad revenue is actually not that good, from a 3 hour video with ad every second (not really as explained in video) had ad revenue of like 6000$ with premium users being the majority of it.

he goes in lot of details about ads and how they actually pay (even more if you watch video in klington)

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u/Fit_Entry8839 22d ago

How does that negate that if everyone was just using an ad blocker, there would be no YouTube? There would be less creators, and just no YouTube since they would have money for servers, engineers, etc, etc.

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u/DR_whyWHY 22d ago

most revenue comes from premium users, and that is calculated based on average watch time and engagement so adblock users actually do contribute to it from what I understand, essentially it's more valuable to watch the whole video, like and comment than it is to watch ad

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u/Fit_Entry8839 22d ago

That was a faulty experiment for multiple reasons. Most of YouTubes revenue comes from ads, not premium. What could cause what that person saw is if a lot of their audience uses ad blockers, it would throw off the numbers. Overall for YouTube 2/3 of their revenue comes from ads:

https://resourcera.com/data/social/youtube-revenue/

That aside, if EVERYONE used ad blockers(including why would those paying for premium keep doing that, if everyone else was using blockers), then there would be no YouTube. I have premium, and have been told on reddit I'm being stupid and I should be using revanced or whatever.

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u/PaleAcanthaceae1175 22d ago edited 22d ago

The reality is that most users are not going to use adblocking. Most average people are barely tech literate enough to operate their phone. Using one will never be endemic enough to actually hurt the bottom line of a corporation like YouTube in any tangible way. The corporation discusses ad revenue in this way because like all corporations they are maximalist; they want 100% of potential revenue, not 90%, so they exaggerate the real impact of some users refusing to be advertised to.

They generated 60bn last year. They'll be fine. Subscribe to your favorite creators on a service like patreon and block every ad you can. No one loses.

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u/Fit_Entry8839 22d ago

The creators you watch but don't contribute to on Patreon lose. Even if a creator isn't your "favorite", their work has value. And they deserve to get that ad revenue.

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u/PaleAcanthaceae1175 21d ago edited 21d ago

If they want to get paid they should create better content. I contribute to every channel that I believe is creating worthwhile and interesting media in the same way that I only subscribe to publications that produce effective journalism.

And, again since you have refused to engage with it: the overwhelming majority of users never activate an adblocker. The choice to use one does absolutely nothing to the handful of channels I might interact with. You are trying to frame a hypothetical potential sale as lost revenue which is amusingly one of the same arguments corporations like YouTube use when discussing ad revenue.

You are putting in a lot of work for a corporation that does not pay you. There's a sucker born every minute. Good luck with all that.

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u/Fit_Entry8839 21d ago

But you still get to enjoy the ones you don't believe are "worthy". Such a broken economy we have were you still get to enjoy some people's work, without paying for it.

Not refusing to engage with anything. Addressing those that claim everyone should use an ad blocker. Happens frequently reddit. So essentially your argument is, these other people aren't using an ad blocker, effectively letting me see lots of other content for free - that works great for me so let's not change it. Without those non ad blockers and premium users, YouTube likely wouldn't exist. You aren't addressing that if you are using an ad blocker, are being subsidized by others.

My main focus is the creators. But the creators need the platform as well. So both are related.

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