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YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount (gizmodo.com)
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[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The creator is already compensated as of now. They earn more if a premium user watches their video than a free user with YouTube ads.

So the sponsor is giving them more money regardless of whether the user is premium or not, which for them is probably a good deal but for us it feels like being double charged.