
http://www.youtube.com/shows
As of today, YouTube will now play movies and t.v. shows on it's website. This is great news for all of the users who would record and upload material to the site for others to see, but fear account deletion due to copyright claims by studios and production companies. Along with this new media comes new ads. And in less than 24 hours, opinions are already starting to fly.
In the above video, a popular YouTuber named Skorpion tells his view of the change.
"Who cares about the little advertisements? Sometimes the advertisements are only 30 seconds," Skorpion tells his subscribers who filled his inbox demanding him to voice his opinion.
"People don't watch t.v. no more so we got to watch the commercials somewhere," he added.
Skorpion also compares YouTube's changes to the recent remodels at MySpace and Facebook. He does his best to inform viewers that "these companies are in a business to make money."
Another user, tyistech (Ty is tech), gives a more detailed explanation of why the changes came about and how users can switch to YouTube's new 2.0 format.
In Ty's video, he says YouTube is making the change because the company is losing money.
"It's estimated that YouTube's bandwidth is over $1 million a day," Ty said.
According to him, YouTube is making money. But is still losing $167 million a year.
After his explanation, users can watch Ty go step-by-step, switching to YouTube's new interface.
What is your opinion about this?
Will this affect/effect you going to Hulu or other websites for your favorite shows/movies? What's your opinion about the ads?
Answer any question you want or answer all three.
P.S. YouTube also announced last week that they are planning a joint venture with Universal Music Group to present music videos on YouTube.