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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That middle-man parasite enables those creators to upload their content for free and provides the bandwidth and discovery for everyone here to watch them. It's a give and take relationship, I especially don't see the problem here as creators still get more money from Premium viewers than they do ad-supported viewers. Sure you would get more from a direct payment to the creator, but you're not subscribing to every creator you watch either.