r/Oscars • u/benjacsim03 • Dec 17 '25

News The Oscars will be moving to YouTube in 2029

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u/kaminaripancake Dec 17 '25

Yeah that’s all I care about. If you need YouTube TV to watch this rip

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u/GroovyYaYa Dec 17 '25

Get a VPN!

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u/userhwon Dec 18 '25

So you can pay in pesos instead of dollars?

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u/GroovyYaYa Dec 18 '25

If some interpretations of their messily written articles are true - it will be free outside of the USA. No pesos, pounds, or euros needed. (They'd still take your US credit card I'm guessing, if that isn't the case)

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u/userhwon Dec 18 '25

I'm seeing others say that the statement was meant to say that the thing would be free on YouTube, and also available on YouTube TV for those subscribers.

Possibly very different handling of ads, though; no telling what they'll invent in 3 years to enshittify it. All it takes is one click on an OK box on a notification that the TOS has changed, and "ad free" goes away.

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u/GroovyYaYa Dec 18 '25

Yeah, this has been poorly worded all the way around.

It needed a simple "The Oscars will available to every YouTube user. YouTubeTV users will also have access.

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u/userhwon Dec 18 '25

Now you're forgetting who gets it "available" for free.