How do you think this applies to paid YouTube accounts? I have one, and I don’t ever see YouTube ads. I still see the in-video ads that the artists insert into their videos, but even then I can skip them easily, and YouTube actually makes that easier, since I can skip forward twice and I get a button to skip the segment.
YouTube is pretty far along the enshitification curve. I don’t see them changing things enough to turn that ship around.
Good question on paid accounts. At that point, I would guess YouTube would want to see if higher watch time correlates with lower cancellations. If more watching means less cancellations, then maybe YouTube is still financially incentivized to keep someone watching.
How do you think this applies to paid YouTube accounts? I have one, and I don’t ever see YouTube ads. I still see the in-video ads that the artists insert into their videos, but even then I can skip them easily, and YouTube actually makes that easier, since I can skip forward twice and I get a button to skip the segment.
YouTube is pretty far along the enshitification curve. I don’t see them changing things enough to turn that ship around.
Good question on paid accounts. At that point, I would guess YouTube would want to see if higher watch time correlates with lower cancellations. If more watching means less cancellations, then maybe YouTube is still financially incentivized to keep someone watching.