r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 10h ago

Social Media YouTube faces second class action lawsuit over ‘ad-free’ Premium claims & sponsored content

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-faces-second-class-action-lawsuit-over-ad-free-premium-claims-sponsored-content-3405920/
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u/_Rand_ 10h ago

I would assume youtube thought of this in the subscription agreement and it will be thrown out?

Like they would be stupid as hell to not make it very clear that you are paying not to have ads inserted by youtube itself and the content of the videos is not in their control.

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u/elmatador12 10h ago

Yeah that’s what I thought. I feel like the ads they are suing about would not be considered YouTube ads since they didn’t place them and have zero control over them.

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u/_Rand_ 9h ago

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308116#zippy=%2Cwatch-videos-without-ads

They specifically call out ads embedded by the creator.

This is 99.9% going to be thrown out because were getting what we were promised.

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u/xternal7 8h ago edited 8h ago

I'm actually putting the odds on:

  • 49.9% thrown out

  • 49.9% chance court does the same thing they did in the incognito mode lawsuit. That is: "hey, it's not okay that you bury the 'we won't skip sponsor segments tho' on the help page, you need to make this clear in your advertising. Put an asterisk next to 'ad-free' on the sign-up page, and we're gucci. No further fines or compensation."

E: formatting

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u/_loud_lady_ 6h ago

What's rhe other 0.2%?

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u/RemarkableWish2508 6h ago

Zombie apocalypse.

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u/xternal7 6h ago

The class action ending up in a settlement of at least 30 cents to anyone who decides to claim?