As long as Youtube makes it so you can only pay for celebrity videos and trashy popular songs I could care less.
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I can't wait for Lady Gaga, Rhihana or Katy Perri's hot new single.
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YouTube Red Blocks Selected Gaming Videos in the United States
By Mel Abad
YouTube is drawing criticism after launching YouTube Red, where a user needs to register and pay a monthly fee in order to watch all the videos.
In a post by Destructoid, Jed Whitaker cited how YouTube sent him an email informing him that some of his chosen videos were not viewable in the U.S. region. He also noted that some of the videos that were blocked came from Japanese developers, such as videos about "Attack on Titan," "Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2" and "BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma." All three videos were cited to have content ID matches that also display ads, which is apparently one of their sources of revenue.
The main concern here has been the inability of users to view their favorite content in the U.S., which makes users question YouTube Red's terms and conditions.
According to YouTube's Official Blog, starting Oct. 28th, they will launch the YouTube Red membership, wherein a user will get the ultimate YouTube experience for a fee of $9.99 a month. The fee will let users play videos on YouTube without the interruption of ads as well as save these videos so they can still access them offline. The fee, according to the blog, will serve all platforms where the registered account is accessed including that of YouTube's latest project, the YouTube Gaming app.
Just recently, ESPN was forced to remove a majority of its videos from YouTube due to the conditions cited on YouTube Red. Apparently, ESPN is currently in contract with other distributors and may post some breach of contract if they agree to YouTube Red's contract.
Deadspin first reported how ESPN went "dark" after YouTube Red's terms and conditions affected the whole concept of their video posting. People also noticed how other channels such as Grantland Network and Grantland Podcast didn't have any content when they visited it.
YouTube's Official Blog also introduced some new features along with the announcement of YouTube Red. These include YouTube Music, Gaming apps and Kids apps. They also confirmed that user from the U.S. can also avail of the free trial of YouTube Red for one whole month starting Oct. 28th.
In a report from TechCrunch, YouTube was asked what would happen if content creators did not agree to their terms, but they shrugged off the question saying that most of them have already agreed on the terms, implying that there shouldn't be so much negative impact on their part.Leave a comment:
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I'm always baffled on how this "Pay us more and we'll annoy you less" style of service ever came to be. I wonder how it hasn't gotten into every single thing yet? Can you imagine stopping at a gas station to fill up on gas but because you haven't subscribed to that gas station it releases gas incredibly slowly and while doing so it would play the latest Insane Clown Posse track followed by a speech by Donald Trump running for president?
It's already everywhere and has been forever, I remember Fileplanet from ages ago when they finally changed to be a "Pay us more and we'll let you download things at a speed faster than 2kbps without waiting in line and without advertisements nonstop" sort of place along with everything else on the internet. They should just rename things to be more honest:
The pay-us-more-and-we'll-annoy-you-less plan.Leave a comment:
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youtube always will be FREE to watch
its just google adding another option is pay $10 per month for ad-free subscription service for watchersLeave a comment:
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i now no longer watch Youtube, i just delete my Google account yesterday
i now download videos from torrents or direct download links sites like EmuparadiseLeave a comment:
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YouTube Red launching next week to offer ad free videos for $9.99 per month
YouTube Red launching next week to offer ad free videos for $9.99 per month
By Daniel Perez
Google has announced it will be launching an ad-free version of YouTube, which it’s calling YouTube Red, starting next week for $9.99 a month.
YouTube Red will allow users of the video-streaming service to enjoy all of the content they like without any ads. The new service also gives users the ability to save videos to watch offline on their phone or tablet and play videos in the background, which will be helpful for those who tend to use the service to listen to their favorite music.
The YouTube Red service will extend across devices and anywhere else users log into YouTube, and also includes ad-free viewing on the YouTube Gaming app, the upcoming YouTube Music app, and Google Play Music. While YouTube Kids isn't mentioned, we're sure the app will also offer ad-free viewing with a Red subscription.
The YouTube Red service will give access to new, original programming and films from YouTube’s biggest creators starting early next year.
YouTube original won’t be affected by the YouTube Red service as Google plans on continuing offering it free of charge, although they’ll still display the occasional ad from time to time.
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I knew that this was going to happen as soon as Google bought YouTube.Leave a comment:
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I have nothing against completely abandoning them forever the second something I might be interested in needs a payment.Leave a comment:
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YouTube Will Make You Pay To See Some Of Its New Videos
By Peter Kafka
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Stephen Lovekin/FilmMagic for YouTube
Coming to YouTube: Videos you’ll need to pay to see.
The world’s biggest video site is readying a slate of programming that will only be available to people who join its upcoming subscription services. YouTube will announce some of that programming, which it is helping to fund, at an event at its studio/event space in Los Angeles next Wednesday, October 21st.
Industry sources say the programming is the product of an initiative the site announced last year, when YouTube said it would “fund new content from some of our top creators.”
At the time, YouTube didn’t say that stuff it was funding would be placed behind a pay wall. But industry sources say the site now intends to use at least some of the content it is bankrolling as a bonus for its premium subscription service, which will also include features like ad-free videos.
YouTube will continue to operate a free, ad-supported version of the site, and has said that all of the videos that appear on the free site will be available on its paid version — which is why YouTube is insisting that all video-makers who make money from YouTube ads need to participate in the subscription service as well.
It’s unclear when you’ll be able to see the new programming YouTube is announcing. Sources say some of the stuff YouTube is paying for hasn’t been created yet, and won’t be available until 2016. In September, I reported that industry sources expected YouTube to launch its subscription service near the end of this month, though it could slip past 2015.
A YouTube rep declined to comment.
YouTube’s funded content push is a variation on a strategy YouTube tried in 2011, when it doled out more than $100 million to a mix of content-makers, including musicians like Jay-Z and Hollywood stars like Ashton Kutcher, to get them to make stuff for the site. That effort was largely considered a failure by the video industry.
This time around, YouTube has concentrated more on funding “endemic” video stars — people who figured out how to reach YouTube’s young audience, instead of people who became famous somewhere else.
When the company announced its funding plan last year, observers assumed YouTube was trying to keep its biggest names on its own platform, instead of heading out to rivals like Facebook or Vessel, the video site built by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.
In April, YouTube announced some of the new content it was helping to fund, including a series from Smosh stars Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla and movies from DreamWorks Animation’s AwesomenessTV.
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