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		nightski on April 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectat... This would be a good thing in the long run. It would open the door to paid services that could be competitive. Currently YouTube is free and there are no consequences for blocking ads. It's funny, I didn't even realize that YouTube had ads until I turned off my ad blocker one day. I was amazed at how awful the experience was...

russell_h on April 21, 2016 [–]

I think you can pay to disable ads on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/red

delroth on April 22, 2016 | [–]

Only in the US. :(

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