I'm hoping Youtube implements a subscription model. I will gladly pay to skip the 15-30 seconds ads on every video.
I prefer to just use <insert adblocker of choice here> and support the creators I really like via donations/patreon/etc...
> and support the creators I really like
Honestly, chances are that you don't. Everyone says they will, few do.
Without knowing him personally this is just a pointless snarky comment.
I bought 4 GameGrumps T-Shirts and I'm a Patreon on RedLetterMedia and Smarter Every Day.
I can verify all of these statements.
My fear with this is that it'll end up like cable tv: you pay for it and you get to watch advertisements.
There's precedent with Youtube Music Key. $10/month is a lot to pay for removing ads from music videos alone, but given that it's bundled with the overall streaming service, it's a pretty good deal.
There's no incentive for them to do this though. Cable TV uses a broadcast model, so it's possible that ads on subscription channels is a profit-maximizing strategy. But YouTube users have independent streams of video. If some users want to pay nothing and see ads, while others will pay a little for fewer ads, and still others will pay full freight for no ads, then that's a profit-maximizing strategy and it will happen.