It's a cool idea but let's be honest here. It's always been easy to find many popular movies on YouTube. The difference is that they were usually uploaded illegally and would get removed once it got reported.
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Wow, way to go YouTube! I think this is great. People were already uploading movies to the platform all the time, but the quality was questionable. I'm thinking they realized they couldn't really win in this scenario - people are always going to... See more
Outflow
I share the feelings. It's to be expected that we will only get old movies for free, but it's still a nice step. These titles may only bring more revenues for YouTube which hopefully will be used to buy the copyright to show even more movies for... See more
Jamiex
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I algree with @Techgirl that we already had movies on this platform, but with questionable quality. My only problem with this is YouTube having to embed adverts but how else would revenue be generated? Who wants to watch a movie with... See more
CptJaneway
Ad blockers are a beautiful thing! I find YouTube ads to be especially unbearable because they play the same commercial every single time. It's so annoying.