For two weeks now everything I view on Youtube has been covered in ads, at the start, and if its a long video 2 and sometimes 3 or 4 ads during the video. Now I've found this pretty annoying until today. Now today I am also getting pop ups asking me to sign up for the 'ad free' version of Youtube! Its free for the first 3 months, but I wonder what you will be expected to pay after that?
Even more so, the average uploader of Youtube (those that don't make a living from it) won't get a penny in return, it all goes to Youtube. Just another social media platform that has hooked its users and now expects them to pay up front.