I don't see why it's the issue. Youtube infrastructure is not cheap.

mystifyingpoi 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Well, it is not cheap if we look at the massive server racks they have, but in the scale of the world? Watching 1h of a video probably costs them like $0.00001 or something equally minuscule.

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makeitdouble 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How would you see it if your phone company spammed your calls and SMS and offered to remove the annoyances for some random fixed fee that is not tied to your usage of the service ?

If we care about Youtube's infra, the expected business structure should follow that assumption.

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mrheosuper 5 days ago | parent [-]

> that is not tied to your usage of the service

Could you explain this more ?, i'm sure i only get Youtube Ads when watching videos, which is "usage of the service".

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makeitdouble 5 days ago | parent [-]

You pay the same fixed Premium fee per month whatever you do with YouTube.

You can quit YouTube for weeks or watch it 22h every day, you still pay the same. Same way you can exclusively watch non monetized streams or only watch top monetized creators, you'll be paying exactly the same.

The only difference will be how much YouTube gets to keep.

	▲	mrheosuper 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> You can quit YouTube for weeks or watch it 22h every day, you still pay the same This has always been in subscription model, like mobile data plan, or exclusive club membership. I won't argue if it's good or not, just saying it has been a thing for a long time. > you can exclusively watch non monetized streams or only watch top monetized creators, you'll be paying exactly the same. Well, the server do not care if the video's creator is paid or not, it still has to store the same data, and you have to pay for it.