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why would you do something so barbaric as paying yt premium?
not sarcasm joke, really curious
I take your question without sarcasm.
Disclaimer: I use uBlock Origin myself, as I really don't like being forced to see ads.
That said, I don't think paying for content is 'barbaric' either. It's a personal choice. Either you want to pay and you can, or you don't want to, or you simply can't. All three are fine by me.
As a teen, back in the 80s, I could not and did not pay for content (it was not online back then but copying music, books and even movies, or computer applications was a thing). Since then I got a few jobs, and the money that come with them. So, I can support the creators I like and I don't need to spend time copying anything or searching for workarounds to access it. Be it on YT, or anywhere else. I would love to not pay Google, mind you, but since so, so many creators are still only hosted there, and since YT premium makes it so easy to pay them (a single monthly payment)...
I like paying creators their due and don’t like seeing ads. Fuck me, right?
I'm not trying to criticize anyone here for their choices, I'm just curious about the actual effects of such a subscription.
As of now the most basic one is 14usd/month, how much of that money gets to the creators that you Want to support? As of the writing of this response I don't know this information nor searched about It. Do we have an actual diagram or any information saying how much are you contributing for each channel you are subscribed to?
Suppose you are subscribed to 28 channels and the sub money gets distributed evenly, that's 50 cents a Month to everyone, not much "paying their due" in my opinion.
Now if you really really want to patronize one, two or three channels, wouldn't sending money directly to them or paying their exclusive membership be a more reasonable way to go about It?
Wife watches yt on Roku.
https://pi-hole.net/
Pihole hasn't blocked YouTube ads in years because the ads come from the same domain. And that's not including the new crackdown that YouTube did on ad blocking.