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when youtube first launched in 2005 there was no ads, so why all the ads now

on youtube, many videos are unwatchable now due to all the stupid ads, it ruins the watching experience...but back in 2005 and the few years following, there was no ads on youtube...so why now?

is it becase big corporations hijacked the site and turned it into a commercial tv station, and took the real purpose out of youtube? youtube was originally meant for ordinary people to upload videos, not celebrities or media companies, they have ruined youtube in my opinion.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Noi "highjacked" but Google bought it and now run it as commercial site whose income is from advertising.

I used to watch videos of interest to me on but its fetish for plastering all the videos with peurile advertisement breaks for nothing related to the topic or even useful, every minute, put me off.

I think you can pay for a subscription version free from the ads but I refuse to take out a direct debit with an American company I would not trust well enough not to keep taking my money even if I want to withdraw from it.