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I pay for YouTube Premium and don't get ads. Other than sponsorships in the videos, but they're not nearly as annoying as external ads. Oh and some channels cro

I pay for YouTube Premium and don't get ads. Other than sponsorships in the videos, but they're not nearly as annoying as external ads. Oh and some channels cross-post their videos to a paid platform called Nebula – there you can often find non-sponsored versions even.

jiggawatts 6y ago
"But first, a word from our sponsor!" is now the lead-in to more than half of the content I've consumed from YouTube in the last year. Why exactly am I paying Google for again? Remind me: Is it so that I don't see ads, or so that the artists are properly compensated? I'm asking because my bank account is lighter, Google has made records profits, but neither of the two outcomes above has occurred...
- manigandham 6y ago
  It's user generated content. What is Google supposed to do about sponsors in videos? Technically the Youtube subscription is for the platform itself and extra features, and a little bit of the money is shared with creators in return for removing the ads. They actually make less with Youtube premium users, and if you paid them the same as their ad revenue then your total subscription would be much higher.
  - jiggawatts 6y ago
    Not give a slice of the paid subscription pie to videos containing ads.
    - manigandham 6y ago
      That's not currently possible. They can barely keep up with moderation, even with all the automation.