// Hacker Noon · 25 May 2026

Companies Pay YouTube to Show Ads While Users Pay to Escape Them

YouTube, the Google-owned video streaming platform with over 2.7 billion monthly active users, operates a business model that is drawing renewed attention from economists, consumer advocates, and digital rights researchers: it collects revenue from advertisers seeking to reach its users, and separat...

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