Whether or not you like Google or their practices, I don't necessarily understand people who insist on getting something for free and also get upset about the service. There are many bad/unreasonable things YouTube does but this is the least objectionable, imho.

As the saying go, "if the product is free, you are the product". Pay for your stuff, or you degrade yourself.

I'll just say that Youtube Premium has been a good value and there's comfort knowing that creators get a ton more revenue from my views.