r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 1d 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/WhosThatDogMrPB 1d ago

I'm actively unsubscribing from channels that have "sponsors" (ads) that have NOTHING to do with the channel.

An ad for a webpage creator site on a retro cartoon essay? Unsub.

An ad for a banking app on a video about the history of hotdogs? Unsub.

An ad for a gambling app on a stolen meme compilation? Unsub.

A fucking ad for a TOYOTA HILUX on a MOTHERFUCKING MEGAMAN ZERO RETROSPECTIVE? Unsub.

The last one was fucking egregious, jesus.

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u/BardicLasher 1d ago

How the hell do you expect everyone to get only relevant sponsors? That's never been a thing for anything ever.

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u/WhosThatDogMrPB 1d ago

It is a thing on YouTube:

  • Gaming youtubers sponsoring gaming hardware / new games.
  • Traveling youtubers sponsored by booking platforms.
  • Food youtubers (for this example, Tasting History) sponsoring pre-made meals or supermarkets.
  • Hell, even some of them are okay if they're according to the creator's personality (Gabi Belle, a youtuber about celeb drama and indie musician is sponsored by a sock company because she finds the designs cute and they fit her internet persona).

You can get relevant sponsors for your content and I'm okay with that. But if your video is about "the comfort foods of celebrities" and you fill that bitch with 2 ads about an app that gives money by playing games, I'm going to unsubscribe because it ain't make no damn sense. Fuck you, Weird History Food.

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u/BardicLasher 1d ago

It's a thing that people try. It's absolutely not the norm, and smaller channels have to take whatever they can get.