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YouTube Considering an Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version

Posted by samzenpus on from the premium-pay dept.

Walking The Walk writes YouTube is looking at creating a paid-subscription model that would allow users to skip the ads on their videos. (A more condensed summary from CBC.) No firm date has been announced, and it sounds like tentative steps right now, but YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki did mention that ad-enabled music videos would still be offered.

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  1. Ad free...until they reach critical mass by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    >> I'd happily pay a higher monthly fee not to have the ads

    You must be new to the planet. Remember when the promise of cable TV was "you pay for it, so it's ad-free!" Once YouTube has a critical population writing monthly checks for content, they'll surely add the ads back in.