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MrMobodies:
I know Patreon uses Youtube for it's hosting I see the controls and branding but I am starting to see adverts and I don't remember seeing them before on Patreon.


I am a paying member why am I seeing adverts?
Correct me if you think I am wrong but is that suppose to happen?

It does it with other Patreons videos too that I donate to and I think it's youtube as that is where they normally place them.

No it's not because I left Youtube Premium as I was am using different browser profile one dedicate for Youtube and another for Patreon.

Anyone seeing advertisng for paid Patreon content?
NiHaoMike:
Just install an adblocker.
alexnoot:

--- Quote from: MrMobodies on April 10, 2022, 12:48:52 am ---I know Patreon uses Youtube for it's hosting I see the controls and branding but I am starting to see adverts and I don't remember seeing them before on Patreon.

I am a paying member why am I seeing adverts?
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Patreon only embeds videos from Youtube, just like when you embed (link to) a youtube video on any forum etc. I'm pretty sure there's no business between them.
You might be a paying Patreon member, but unless you're paying Youtube -- you're going to see ads. Your money to Patreon does not go to Youtube.
MrMobodies:
I was under the impression that Youtube was getting some of it.

Anyway I'll download that last video which I find that easier to play it back and seek.
MrMobodies:

--- Quote ---Oscar (Patreon)

Apr 14, 2022, 12:57 PM PDT

Hi,

Oscar here with Patreon support, I hope you are well today. Thanks so much for writing in about this, and thanks for sending those screenshots as well-- This is very helpful.

The ads that are appearing in those videos is coming from YouTube's side of things. It used to be that a creator would be able to provide ad-free YouTube content by turning off monetization for the videos they host on Patreon. YouTube changed their policy up a bit last year though and claimed the right to monetize all content posted to their platform in an attempt to incentivize users to subscribe to their premium version.

That said, I recommend reaching out to your creator about this. It may still be possible for them to turn off ads for these videos, however they'll need to do it through their side with YouTube.
 
Log in to Patreon and click the Messages icon in the upper-right cornerof your profile.
Click New message.
Select the creator from the list that populates in the message draft window.
Select the creator you'd like to message.
Type up your message and click Send.
 
I hope this helps, but please let me know if I can offer any additional information from my end to facilitate the conversation with your creator.

Best regards,
-Oscar
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--- Quote ---attempt to incentivize users to subscribe to their premium version.
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Early last years as a "Premium" member I started to see crap/misleading content (some of course don't appeal to me) bumped to the top of the search results some with more negative feedback than positive. then they started to spam me with misleading/unwanted results and suggestions to paid content/movies not available for "Premium" members where they wanted more money to "virtual own" or "rent" it and finally they removed the negative feedback counter in November so I left. For me there is nothing premium about it anymore.
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