Now it's a lot of spam. Every channel constantly begs for "patrons", sometimes for 2 or more minutes at the beginning of a short video. I can't trust any "creator" to be doing it for any reason other than inserting ads.
I paid $10 a month to Youtube to remove ads, and now this is the state of the world. It sucks.
This is exactly why content is suffering on the platform, you can't afford to invest money and time into a video which might be taken down by some Copyright bot.
For example, high quality educational content on YouTube is invaluable and only possible because of the support of their audiences.
How YouTube rewards content however, is an issue.
Rewarding longer videos, incentivising click bait and prioritising regular upload schedules invite a breed of video that isn’t high quality and ought to be the focus of change.
You could have just used an ad blocker and then spread the $120/yr you're giving to YouTube amongst channels you enjoy, and you'd be helping the people making the videos a lot more, while experiencing no less convenience.
Also, maybe I watch different content but I do not see begging, just credits. Technically it's different but essentially the same, making people aware of them. What's so bad abut it? it's like any other sponsor supported content.