The Importance of Youtube Ads

Recently, Youtube has decided to allow advertisements in its videos.

The advertisements appear in 2 main formats.

1. Pop ups.
They literally pop up during the video and you cancel it or try to cancel it and accidentally click on it, opening a new tab and annoying the shit of you.

2. Before the video
There are 2 types in this category.


5 seconds ad
They give you the option to cancel and skip the ad after 5 seconds. However, I think it is longer than 5 seconds. Sometimes, it just feels like forever.

You-have-to-watch-the-whole-bloody-thing Ads
As the title explains it, you have to watch the whole thing. The ads vary from 30s to 1 minute plus and in order for you to watch the video you wanted to watch, you have to be a good boy and watch Samsung try and convince you that their phone is better.


Seems annoying? Well they are and many people really don't like it. They think Youtube made a terrible decision and cruse and swear on social media platforms that Google has not bought... yet

However, I am here to today to try and tell why the ads are a good thing and you should be grateful for it.

Something that many people do not know, the advertising industry funds a lot of other industries out there. What do I mean by this? Basically, without advertising, these industries wouldn't exist.

A few examples of these industries:

• Magazines 
• Television 
• Newspapers 
• Internet 

Yes, the internet. Without advertising, most of the internet wouldn't exist. 

The magical thing about the internet is that most of the stuff out there is free. You get go on Youtube for free. You can get your own personal blog for free. You can check out the latest Justin Bieber news for free. 

But have you ever wondered: If you are not paying for this, who is? Many of these online magazines and hosting sites have thousands of staff and huge servers. Who is paying for all these stuff?

The ads are. You are not the customers here. You are the product. The advertising industry are the customers. Internet companies sell you and your attention to advertising firms who will then try and sell you their clients' product. 

So basically if the ads weren't there, so wouldn't be Youtube. 

The ads help keep most of the internet we love free and unless you want to pay a monthly fee to use Youtube, just keep quiet and watch the 30 second ad. It's just 30 seconds.