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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

a lot more tutorials are now in video form than written (which I don’t love but whatever)

One of my favorite Youtubers (Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles) has excellent in-depth content mostly about WWII piston-engined aircraft with lots of detailed discussion and reference to original source materials. But it's just him reading a written script while presenting still photos and excerpts from flight manuals and the like. It really would be perfect as a blog or in book form, but he has to turn it into videos in order to have any chance at making decent money from it. It's just such a shame that this is how things are going now.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This makes no sense to me. It's significantly more expensive to create and host video content, yet somehow we've gotten to the point where that's the most profitable? It makes no sense.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

It's all about advertising. On a web page, which is cheap to create and cheap to host, the only ad you can really get is a pop-up or similar, and those don't pay very much. On the video, which is expensive to create and expensive to host, you can have 30 or 45 seconds of video ads, which pay a lot more.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It has nothing to do with the expense and everything to do with the fact that most people do not enjoy reading (any more, at least).

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I guess I'll just appreciate the fact that my books don't have ads.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I read a lot of books on Kindle. It's just a matter of time ...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The base Kindle already has ads on the lock screen...

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I use the Android app, so at least I don't have to endure that.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you like that sort of thing you'll like IHYLS

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The Drachinifel of the air!