Sci/Tech YouTube as you know it is about to change dramatically

[tom_mai78101]

The way you experience YouTube may be dramatically different before the end of the year. According to multiple sources, the world’s largest video-sharing site is preparing to launch its two separate subscription services before the end of 2015 — Music Key, which has been in beta since last November, and another unnamed service targeting YouTube’s premium content creators, which will come with a paywall. Taken together, YouTube will be a mix of free, ad-supported content and premium videos that sit behind a paywall.

With the exception of a few video rentals, YouTube has always been a free, ad-supported service. But the company is about to get serious about subscription services, offering new ways for the users that create videos to make money. While two subscription offerings for the same service might seem odd to some — with one music industry source calling it "strange on top of strange" — YouTube’s thinking was likened to that of a cable company offering different packages for sports and movies.

YouTube as you know it is about to change dramatically

Would you pay to avoid ads on YouTube?

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[jonas]

I wonder if that'll work...

 

[Accname]

Google will throw money at it until it works. Its what they do.

 

[FireCat]

Is It worth paying for a "premium content" on youtube? Hmm
No Way!

 

[KMilz]

[...] YouTube’s thinking was likened to that of a cable company offering different packages for sports and movies.[...]

No. Bad. Why would you change it into something that people are moving away from in droves? People are leaving standard cable for many reasons. None of those reasons should be replicated in otherwise successful businesses.