I’ll admit though, I pay for YouTube and get more bang for the buck than any other money I spend on entertainment. I’ve had it for a while though, and did not sign up because of their renewed war on ad blocking. Plus it’s nice that the creators get paid from my view, even though it’s not much.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Direct revenue is logically a better model for creators, but I don't like that the share of youtube premium revenue is determined by a black box. If it's distributed according to my total monthly watch time, how can anyone say for sure whether the direct revenue split for a given channel >= potential advertising revenue had I watched without premium or adblock? I don't think even creators could tell you based on the analytics available to them via Youtube.

I canceled and set up memberships on a few channels instead. That way I actually get something out of it (member perks), and I know that at least my favourite creators get 70% of those amounts. Also, sponsorblock

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