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So many people complain about the mount of Ads, or the quality of Ads, but don't forget there's YT Premium. There's no free lunch, creators also need to feed their family. (it's your choice to use adblocker anyway)

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If you only care about the creator's cut, sending them the cost of one month of premium directly would vastly outweigh any loss from your use of adblock. It's probably not even a dollar, across all the time you've watched their videos.

Now, does youtube also deserve a cut? Probably, that's up to you. I'm just tired of the guilt trips.

I always thought creators made roughly as much or more from the promos they embed in the videos. See the LTT video about how they make money: https://youtu.be/-zt57TWkTF4?t=505

The time code takes you to a pie chart breaking down their revenue. YT ads are 26% and in-video promos are 27%

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