My thoughts exactly... comments and ratings are just social feedback anyway. Moreover, YouTube ads are stuff your sister might even like: Katy Perry and iCarly. Hipsters are the ones who are unable to bear those 20 seconds, not little girls.

I was going to write exactly this but thought I'd scan the thread to see if somebody had a similar thought. I'm glad I wasn't alone.

And if at some point she does sees a Tickle-me-Elmo ad that makes her go nag her parents to buy her a Tickle-me-Elmo doll is that the end of the world?

It's always astounded me that in America (I am just assuming that the blog author is American) you have people who feel that non-essential services (like internet video distribution or email) should be ubiquitously free and available but at the same time you have people that feel health-care for everyone should not be a basic human right.