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- therealdeal101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+80Hello I am from the future.
My name is John Titor. I am sorry to say this but Youtube dies in Summer of 2007 because of these ads.
RIP Youtube... - qazyhoods, on 10/12/2007, -3/+70oh *****. no firefox add-on can save us now
- MaximegalonInfo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38In other words, expect youTube traffic to plummet this Summer and other sites to become more popular.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -2/+28John Titor, take me with you!
- BuddyDoQ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28As a content provider on YouTube, will I now get a cut for my work, or is this just an annoyance for my audience?
Ads? Sure, but you better pay up or I'll post my video somewhere else! - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23You need the time crystals, stupid.
- dogstylee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Pre run ads = guarantee to lose many viewers
post ads = doesn't matter, just close tab
middle ads = lose many viewers
Bloody idiots. - Nekko17, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Never underestimate the power of the Fox.
On another note, xtube will be getting all my youtube traffic. - senorcool, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Maybe now they will be able to afford all their lawsuits and future lawsuits.
- BuddyDoQ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14@smellchicken
No I'm not. If they're making money by altering my presentation then I have no choice but to remove my content and find a different host. If they would like to negotiate prices to continue displaying my works with ads, I'm all ears.
Their sponsors are not my sponsors, and if I had sponsors, their sponsors could make my sponsors very upset. It's all very convoluted. But the bottom line is I'm greedy. *shrug* - Hiki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11wtf are the ads even there for? Am I finally going to be able to watch all of my viacom shows on youtube?
- MaximegalonInfo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@qazyhoods "oh *****. no firefox add-on can save us now"
No EXISTING add-on that is. If they are a fixed length ad, you could easily cut-n-cache the SWF file like so many existing software items do. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Is that in ***** english?
- RobototoboR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Bring you own weapons. Safety not guaranteed.
- krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -0/+10well google hasn't figured out a way to beat adblock for adsense, so i wouldn't put it past them to just ignore adblock.
and the problem with pre and post ads is the way a lot of traditional media outlets use ads. if you pay attention to the news, a staggering portion is merely an anchor talking with a few stills possibly interjected. traditional media outlets have even done this with their websites. it's a 15 or 30 second ad for a 30-60 second video that is 20% stills and 80% anchors/reporters talking. there is rarely any video of the incident.
with the advent of internet news, a lot of us are intelligent enough to get away from linear media, which really kills ad revenues because you're not forced to sit through crap to get to relevant info. - TheTjalian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Uhhh what the hell, Google is getting money for what I put on the internet. They can GTFO.
- niradg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8...youtube to be worth nothing by fall
- raindogmx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7They need to put advertisements in the videos to pay for al the lawsuits they'll get for putting advertisements in the videos.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -5/+12Adios Youtube, twas fun while it lasted.
- LGod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Ads, the plague of the internet. Ever since they have shown up, it has never been the same. It is kind of like going from the wild west into the industrial age, just more laws and more pollution.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You have to understand that google is not running a ***** charity. It cost MONEY to host those videos.
That being said hopefully people will be given the option to host said ads ONLY IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY.
I don't want ads on videos I've made, I really don't intend on making money on Youtube. I just use it as a soapbox and nothing more. - fkr3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Perhaps you'd like to "pay money" for a host if you don't want them to offset the cost of providing your crappy videos to thousands / tens of thousands of people with advertising?
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Youtube is already a walking corpse since they took down anything vaguely copyrighted.
If they think anyone is going to watch in-line ads for the GARBAGE that's up there now, they've been licking toads. - cmilki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5oskite, I believe the expression goes you can never "outfox the fox"
- stellamaris, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Post-run advertisements would be fine. I could just close the window when it came on. But if I am forced to watch an ad before content, I'll be looking for that content elsewhere.
- MrZeolite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4wtf, I love Google...I hope this decision doesn't make me feel otherwise, we'll see how it all unfolds I guess.
On a side note, I am out of penis pills...why the hell aren't there more of those ads? can someone plz send an e-mail pointing me in the right direction they're almost impossible to find nowadays! - Grayfox777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oh great, now I'll have to watch a 30 second commercial before I can see a 15 second video clip! I can't wait til something better takes over YouTube's popularity.
- ElbridgeGerry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3YouTube is slowly committing suicide.
- bluecube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3drunk.
- MrVW, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9ahh well thats youtube down the pan. anyone got another good video websites :D
- jaredvolkl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is the end for YouTube. It was only a matter of time anyway.
- wtf00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2well I'm going find new home, because I'm not going to sit watch 30 sec ad no thanks I get plenty of it on tv.. main reason I go this site because no ads and restriction...
- rocket000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://www.dailymotion.com/us
- NYCWD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So sad... so so sad...
- locojones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Now with their monetization of copyright infringement by means of ads, YouTube/Google can say goodbye to any chance at arguing DMCA safe harbor protection. Finally!
- CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2somebody will hopefully release an alternate .fla loader that lets you jump past the ad with a click.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i went to a conference where AOL was talking about doing this. apparently they have their own version of youtube. I stood up and told them it was a mistake.
users will just flock to a different video service that doesn't have commercials - redwallhp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Who wants to start a petition? Get moving. Firefox add-ons may come out eventually, but what's to stop YouTube from changing stuff to stop the add-on. The online commercial must die (see http://redwallhp.ntugo.com/2007/03/26/bad-ads-the-commercial-must-die/)
- antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This will be annoying for those who watch a lot of videos like on videosift. :(
- HigherLogic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3>> oskite, I believe the expression goes you can never "outfox the fox"
Tell that to the Fx anchor hover bug. And yes, it's a bug because it only happens most of the time, not all, and has no problem passing in IE6, IE7, Safari, and Opera. - Robotsu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Eric Schmidt said as much at the Web 2.0 expo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzDU3tTzGA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Eouter%2Dcourt%2Ecom%2Findex2%2Ehtml
- mikeabundo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1To my understanding, video creators can opt in to pre- and/or post-roll ads: http://insideonlinevideo.com/?p=55
Video creators will determine for themselves whether or not pre-rolls work for their videos. - xJVz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@tony:
So those ads that are on YouTube already; they aren't ads you say? Hmm... - xmuzik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I guess that's the end of youtube as we know it, there are still sheeples that will stick around and take the bombardment of ads just like there are idiots that still whore themselves all over myspace while bombarded with enough thank you spams to crash a military grade server farm
- PiMPSP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldnt mind the ad's if say the quality of the encoded video was as goos as sayyy....Maxim.coms video section....but it aint youtubes video encoder sucks and seemingly always willl be , screw youtube.
- evan242, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2no ads are like the entire appeal of youtube
- chubbstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1its most likely that add will only be on videos from established networks or companies and not youtubers themselves. i mean, wow, if they put adds on original content there would be a total uproar of the sorts that BuddyDoQ is raising by other (greedy/morally outraged/betrayed/anti-corporate) youtubers.
- jull1234, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4***** yeah. You gotta get yourself on Coast to Coast for an interview!
- tony23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No ads = lose money
- iamthepinky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0well, no more youtube for me!
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