I mean I pay for Youtube Premium because I use Youtube Music instead of Spotify.

I get a very unopinionated but effective music player that has all the music I need, and it doesn't try very hard to "upsell" itself to me unlike Spotify because to Google YouTube is the real money driver.

So to me getting no YouTube ads as well is well worth it.

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JAlexoid 8 hours ago | parent [-]

And I pay for Premium, because each premium view is more valuable to the creators than the ad supported one.

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chrneu 8 hours ago | parent [-]

for what it's worth, you could divide up your youtube premium membership cost and give that to 500 creators and they would see more revenue in their pocket than your premium watches get them.

Premium viewcount is grossly over valued by the people who pay for it, because they need to justify their sunk cost. I doubt most content creators even track it because the difference is minimal. We're talking a few bucks a month, tops.

I remember when youtube premium first came out and YT pimped this trope super hard. Then it came to light that the difference is basically nothing because most people don't pay for premium.

	▲	pitaj 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Creators say that premium is a huge chunk of their YouTube revenue. I'm inclined to believe them over some random like you.