YouTube premium views pay creators a LOT more than ads. So if you care about supporting creators and the platform they run on, then premium is an easy choice.
Additionally, most people spend a lot more time in YouTube than any other streaming site, so the cost makes sense given how fucking expensive video serving is.
If you care about supporting creators, donate to their patreon or buy merch or something. The idea that YouTube Premium needs to insert itself as a middleman for that purpose is nothing but a red herring.
YouTube is a business with a clearly-defined business model, precisely-tracked direct metrics, and automation up the wazoo. Not a government taking taxes and dealing with human elements for which there are very few direct metrics. They can pay creators based on watch hours or some other usage metric.
But my preferred content creator could not exist without YouTube and YouTube shoulders the enormous expense of hosting videos. I don’t get why they should not get compensated for that as well.
That’s an ok justification, but I thought you were buying YouTube premium to support your content creator, not to support YouTube. YouTube premium doesn’t support your content creator.
That’s just false. Premium supports the creator and YouTube and NOT the advertiser. That’s a win in my book.
Saying that premium does not give anything to creators is just not true.
Thats more than most streaming services cost…l
And youtube doesnt create the content… lol
Not anymore.
YouTube premium views pay creators a LOT more than ads. So if you care about supporting creators and the platform they run on, then premium is an easy choice.
Additionally, most people spend a lot more time in YouTube than any other streaming site, so the cost makes sense given how fucking expensive video serving is.
If you care about supporting creators, donate to their patreon or buy merch or something. The idea that YouTube Premium needs to insert itself as a middleman for that purpose is nothing but a red herring.
My favorite creator absolutely could not exist without YouTube or any other content delivery platform for that matter. So why not pay for that?
On the other hand, YouTube is also supporting some content creators you hate.
YouTube is a business with a clearly-defined business model, precisely-tracked direct metrics, and automation up the wazoo. Not a government taking taxes and dealing with human elements for which there are very few direct metrics. They can pay creators based on watch hours or some other usage metric.
What I mean is that paying for YouTube premium is a very indirect and inefficient way to support your preferred content creator.
But my preferred content creator could not exist without YouTube and YouTube shoulders the enormous expense of hosting videos. I don’t get why they should not get compensated for that as well.
That’s an ok justification, but I thought you were buying YouTube premium to support your content creator, not to support YouTube. YouTube premium doesn’t support your content creator.
That’s just false. Premium supports the creator and YouTube and NOT the advertiser. That’s a win in my book. Saying that premium does not give anything to creators is just not true.
Creators nearly always make substantially more from premium subscribers
“The YouTubers” not your YouTuber.
Better just to split $7 a month between your favourite patreon accounts and put up with some advertising.
I feel like I’ve read this exact comment before…
You can also subscribe to YT premium lite for 6$/mo. Basically YouTube premium without YouTube music and background playback.
Wish this was available in Canada. I’m paying $25 a month when I’ve never even touched YT music