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get a good adblocker and donate that money to them instead.
thatd probably be the best value.
You subscribe to every single channel you watch on Patreon? That’s remarkable!
Like it or not the platform is full of people trying to make a living independently producing content. Most of them are not making very much money. Watching with an adblocker means they aren’t earning any revenue, which is unsustainable. Watching with a Premium subscription means I don’t see ads and they get more revenue (even more so than ad-supported views).
Those people aren’t massive corporations. They’re independent creators. And generally speaking the content I watch on YouTube is content I want to support.
I’m not trying to say it’s like, inherently ethically wrong to watch YouTube without ads or Premium. But it certainly isn’t ethically superior.
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I do use an adblocker, and I'll keep spending my money how I please, thanks.
everyone can use their money for whatever stupid thing they please