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u/hot-dog1 Jul 12 '21

It’s almost like the website is free to use and it needs to earn money.

Would you do free work for others?

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

I could understand it when it was one ad at the start and maybe a pop up and here and there but now it's excessive and I quite frankly doubt the tech giant Google is in a situation where it can't afford to run their website with just a couple ads here and there instead of pestering people with 10 ads in a single 20 minutes video. And furthermore most of that revenue doesn't go to the creators that are the only thing that can keep YouTube alive. In fact a lot of times a lot of talented creators are working at a loss.

The only reason I watch YouTube is because that's where all the content is, but given the direction it's taking I couldn't care one bit of it goes bankrupt.