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> Premium does not have ads.

Yet. The keyword of the times seems to be enshittification, and the only companies that take a step back from it seem to be doing so just to double down on it the moment the outrage calms down.

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Well, when/if they add ads, I’ll reconsider my subscription. As of now, I pay to sustain YouTube’s business model and creators I like, and I’m rewarded with no ads.

> pay to sustain YouTube’s business model and creators I like

How much of your subscription goes to "creators you like"?

10 cents? 20 cents? How would you know?

> I’m rewarded with no ads

How is paying being rewarded?

Some creators have previously stated, here on HN, that they get a much bigger slice of YT premium. Sorry, I'm too lazy right now to Google a link for you.

I know I heard a rough number at some point of the value of a Premium view vs an ad supported view. Can't find it without digging, but here's a source for them being a good amount more valuable https://youtu.be/-zt57TWkTF4?t=412

I have heard anecdotally from streamers that YouTube still pays better than any other platform all other things being equal (so long as you don't touch any topics that YouTube likes to regularly demonetize).

That's probably because Youtube has a scale in billions of viewers instead of the millions for most other platforms.

Currently Premium really only gets you no ads, along with YouTube Music. If they start having ads, I don't really see that being a viable product. Of course they could stuff 12 ads in a 20 minute video, but I think they would lose most of their subscribers.

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