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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Thu/youtube.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Thu/youtube.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a4e8c15..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Thu/youtube.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -<img border="0" alt="Youtube_logo_8" title="Youtube_logo_8" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/youtube_logo_8.png" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" />Predictably, YouTube's announcement about its new [in-stream video ad format][2] did not go over well with users. Responses to a post on the [company's blog][1] range from the typical "you've ruined your service" comments, to users wondering about revenue sharing options. - -Much of ire seems to be directed at this statement from YouTube: "If you choose not to click on the overlay, it will simply disappear, so that you're in full control of your YouTube experience." - -As a number of people point out, involuntarily being subjected to video ads is not "full control" over one's YouTube "experience." - -It would seem that many people prize ad-less content as one of the keys to the YouTube experience. User taminhthien writes: - ->Every crappy video site that has these ads sucks, I always thought great that YouTube doesn't have them. Good job, you just turned YouTube in yet another crappy video site. - -But despite some attempts at clever analogies like user PHPerik who writes, "it's like putting a billboard on Mona Lisa," most users seem to miss the part of the announcement where the ads are opt-in for the content producers and limited to YouTube's various content partners. - -Despite the initial outrage we believe most users will accept the new ads in the long run, though several competing video sites did claim to see a significant jump in new user registration following the YouTube announcement. - -[1]: http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=rQpNsTzbgqM -[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/google-brings-n.html
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