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HBO, Hulu, and yes, even Netflix all have content with much, much higher production values than Youtube. Are you really going to pay $7.99/month for one-person-talking-into-a-camera style content? I certainly wouldn't.

If there's a creator I really like, I'd rather support them directly on Patreon, anyway. Why should I pay Youtube and give Google a hefty cut of that revenue?

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For one person? You only watch one channel on YouTube? I watch hundreds of channels on YouTube and if it meant making the lives of content creators easier then yes I would pay/month for that. Of course, it would have to mean making the lives of content creators easier. Currently you can pay so you don't have advertisements but apparently that's not making the lives of content creators easier.

I don't watch any channels on YT, honestly. I see clips when people link them to me or I search for some specific thing.

I sometimes pay YouTube $11.99 a month for premium. It replaces the need for an alternative music streaming service, for one thing.

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