I love the pay to remove ads business model as well. I've often wondered why the internet culturally seems so against it.
I read somewhere that the CPM for YouTube video ads is $7.60. I doubt I struggle through a couple thousand ads a year, so if they charged me a dollar a month it would be a win win: I'd get hours of my life back and they'd get more revenue and less overhead serving ads.
> I've often wondered why the internet culturally seems so against it.
Internet culturally is heavily inclined to "everything to me right now gratis" attitude. Non-commercial roots and long-lasting wide-spread piratism are probably the main contributing factors, amplified by the fact that most things have been traditionally gratis.
I read somewhere that the CPM for YouTube video ads is $7.60. I doubt I struggle through a couple thousand ads a year, so if they charged me a dollar a month it would be a win win: I'd get hours of my life back and they'd get more revenue and less overhead serving ads.