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I'd rather support the creator directly through Patreon or buying their products (which I do occasionally) than sending money to Google.

Besides, YouTube Premium doesn't get rid of creator sponsorships.

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I subscribe to Premium. It seems like a fair deal to me. My monthly payment is to Google in exchange for them delivering a service that I find valuable (the video storage and delivery mechanism). If I had to watch ads instead, I wouldn't use the service at all.

Creator ad reads, Patreon, merch, a portion of my Premium fee, etc., is to the creators in exchange for the work that they do that I find valuable.

It's a win all around as near as I can see.

That said, when a non-Googly service appears that can satisfy my video desires approximately as well, I'll bail on YouTube in a heartbeat and use the Premium money to pay for that.

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