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A few weeks ago I had a pre-roll ad for YouTube Red. Being in the UK I assumed this meant it was finally launching here but when I followed-up it was still the original set of countries.

I don't understand the roadblock. They already have license to show the videos, just give me them without ads!

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Could they be making more money from ads than they expect to make from a reasonably priced premium version?

Not only that, but as a Canadian for things like Cobra Kai I need to pay outright to view - that'd be months of subscription payments in one web series if I wanted to watch it.

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