YouTube ads on the church videos

I have noticed recently ( in the past 3 months) that the church's YouTube videos now have ads every 5 to 10 mins. Did the church decide to monetize their channels? I used to be able to watch a full music and the spoken word with only the add at the beginning. The ads are really ruining the experience.
Any one know why there are so many ads now?

Yep. Here's an explanation in a Forbes article written almost two years ago.

Channels also get monetized if someone makes a copyright claim - the profits then go to the person claiming copyright.

It's probably worthwhile to use the feedback link at the bottom of the page to report this. There's a possibility the team in charge of media isn't aware of it.

Fisher1250 wrote: Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:40 am I have noticed recently ( in the past 3 months) that the church's YouTube videos now have ads every 5 to 10 mins. Did the church decide to monetize their channels? I used to be able to watch a full music and the spoken word with only the add at the beginning. The ads are really ruining the experience.
Any one know why there are so many ads now?

Note that Music and the Spoken Word is on the Tabernacle Choir YouTube channel, which will likely have a different configuration than the main Church YouTube channel. I haven't yet seen ads on the main Church YouTube channel (but based on the article above, that might change in the future).

russellhltn wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:11 pm Channels also get monetized if someone makes a copyright claim - the profits then go to the person claiming copyright.

YouTube simply states: "Your video is ineligible for monetization due to a copyright claim."

Mikerowaved wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:51 am

russellhltn wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:11 pm Channels also get monetized if someone makes a copyright claim - the profits then go to the person claiming copyright.

YouTube simply states: "Your video is ineligible for monetization due to a copyright claim."

From what I understand, you (the uploader) can no longer monetize, but the copyright holder can. And frequently does. If they do, the video will have advertising regardless of what the uploader intended. The money will go to the copyright holder.

Worse, there doesn't seem to be anything to insure the claimant really is the copyright holder. There's been a fair amount of fraudulent claims.

I'm watching October, 2023 General Conference and there are adds between most talks. After reading the Forbes article it would appear that YouTube has forced monetization and is taking all the revenue.

Is there a way to watch without ads?

With a family it's useful to watch at a time that's convenient but the ads are driving me crazy!

The Church website is directing viewers to YouTube.

samyantha wrote: Sun Oct 04, 2026 2:08 am Is there a way to watch without ads?

With a family it's useful to watch at a time that's convenient but the ads are driving me crazy!

The Church website is directing viewers to YouTube.

The Feedback link or button is the best place to raise your concern.

Would it be possible for you to post a link to a specific URL that has ads and the path of clicks you went through to get to it?

samyantha wrote: Sun Oct 04, 2026 2:08 am Is there a way to watch without ads?

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For some videos, you can download the MP4 file and then play the file from local storage. Hopefully, ads will not be inserted in downloaded files.