I get a very unopinionated but effective music player that has all the music I need, and it doesn't try very hard to "upsell" itself to me unlike Spotify because to Google YouTube is the real money driver.
So to me getting no YouTube ads as well is well worth it.
Premium viewcount is grossly over valued by the people who pay for it, because they need to justify their sunk cost. I doubt most content creators even track it because the difference is minimal. We're talking a few bucks a month, tops.
I remember when youtube premium first came out and YT pimped this trope super hard. Then it came to light that the difference is basically nothing because most people don't pay for premium.
I watch ten creators. I divide $10 per month between them evenly. They each get $1 per month.
Or:
I pay for YouTube premium. It costs $10 per month. I watch ten creators. The $10 goes to YouTube.
I make the following assumptions:
* YouTube only takes a portion of that $10
* YouTube divides the remaining money evenly across the creators I watch (10)
Each creator gets less than $1 per month
Which gives the creators more revenue?
No, they don’t. How are you magically sending them this money? They all signed up for that method? And it doesn’t charge a minimum transfer fee?
You’re unserious.
That's not the point and you know it.