I mean companies don’t pay if you don’t see the ads, they just show the ads to someone else and you didn’t pay if you see the ads.
y'know, it used to be that you paid money for things and there wasn't even an ad option.
Back in the day most media was designed around commercial interruptions. Watch some old cartoons on Netflix, they often have "fade to black" moments after which the last 10 seconds are repeated. Nowadays commercials are algorithmically inserted into content to maximize viewership, meaning that more often then not a YouTube commercial will play right before the most important bit of the video.
Sucks but better than paying for cable to still see ads.
Yes, but also, running Youtube costs about 10x as much as both are paying.
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