Google To Offer Ad-Free YouTube - At a Price

First time accepted submitter totalcaos writes YouTube announced today its plans for an ad-free, subscription-based service by way of an email sent out to YouTube Partners. The email details the forthcoming option, which will offer consumers the choice to pay for an "ads-free" version of YouTube for a monthly fee. The additional monetization option requires partners to agree to updated terms on YouTube's Creator Studio Dashboard, which notes that the changes will go into effect on June 15, 2015. We talked about the possibility of an ad-free model back in October.

Comments

ad blocker?

[Anonymous Coward]

My youtube ad blocker works perfectly. I never see advertisements while watching youtube.

I'd happily pay for the ad blocker. I won't pay google for the joy of them not spamming me.

Re:ad blocker?

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't mind the idea of a paid service to remove the advertisements. Unfortunately I would then need to log into Youtube and be subject to their tracking and profiling algorithms. For the time being I'll just stick with Adblock and an anonymous VPN.

Re:Stupid-Tax

[TCM]

Correction: That's how marketing scum wants it to work.

As was said, it's my machine. It runs code and downloads data _I_ want, not you. Don't like it? Go invent your own Internet with your own protocols that grant you more control and stop freeloading on the open protocols we already have!