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I have an ethical dilemma about YouTube. I hate ads, I hate Google, and I want to support the creators. For those reasons adblock is a must, and paying for You

I have an ethical dilemma about YouTube. I hate ads, I hate Google, and I want to support the creators. For those reasons adblock is a must, and paying for YouTube Premium is not an option (I’m not going to voluntarily give a single penny of my money to Google) Sure, I’ve got CuriosityStream and Nebula subs, but not all content creators use those platforms. It is what it is.

somerando7 5y ago
The creators that are decently big (100k+) make enough money whether or not you ad-block. Don't worry about it.
- elwell 5y ago
  They make enough money precisely because not everyone ad blocks. This seems like a fallacious argument.
  - xboxnolifes 5y ago
    A lot of big creators take sponsorship deals and have in-video ads. I know most of the ones I watch do, and I actually don't even mind them. They're personalized to the content creator's content, and are usually as entertaining as the video's contents because of it.
  - ratww 5y ago
    GP is talking about Patreon and sponsorships. A lot of videos get demonitized too, so some creators stand to see no money from ads in some videos.
cercatrova 5y ago
You can pay for their Patreon as well if you want
judge2020 5y ago
Nebula seems to split profit 50/50[0] while YouTube splits it 55/45 to the channel[1], and Youtube Premium views are regarded as being sometimes 10-20x the payout of an ad-supported view[2]. 0: https://nebula.app/faq#:~:text=How%20do%20the%20creators%20get%20paid%3F https://nebula.app/faq#:~:text=How%20do%20the%20creators%20g... 1: https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-partner-program-2-million-creators-1235045674/#:~:text=Under%20YouTube%E2%80%99s%20standard%20revenue%2Dsharing%20terms%20for%20YPP%2C%20partner%20channels%20keep%2055%25%20of%20the%20money%20generated%20from%20ads%20on%20their%20videos.%20YouTube%20first%20launched%20the%20program%20in%202007 https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-partner-progra.... 2: https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1486935690315112455?s=20&t=ARp161gnYQPvKVv7xnv88w https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1486935690315112455?s=2... and https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/totalbiscuit-youtube-red-payout/ https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/totalbiscuit-youtube-red-p...
- solarmist 5y ago
  re: [2] I did not know that. This thread has convinced me to seriously look at paying for YouTube.
baud147258 5y ago
To support the creators whose videos I'm watching on YT, I use a whitelist add-on that disable the adblocker on those channels. Though the add-on still allows me to skip the ad, which I'm doing when it's an ad I've already seen.

somerando7 5y ago

The creators that are decently big (100k+) make enough money whether or not you ad-block. Don't worry about it.

elwell 5y ago
They make enough money precisely because not everyone ad blocks. This seems like a fallacious argument.
- xboxnolifes 5y ago
  A lot of big creators take sponsorship deals and have in-video ads. I know most of the ones I watch do, and I actually don't even mind them. They're personalized to the content creator's content, and are usually as entertaining as the video's contents because of it.
- ratww 5y ago
  GP is talking about Patreon and sponsorships. A lot of videos get demonitized too, so some creators stand to see no money from ads in some videos.

cercatrova 5y ago

You can pay for their Patreon as well if you want

judge2020 5y ago

Nebula seems to split profit 50/50[0] while YouTube splits it 55/45 to the channel[1], and Youtube Premium views are regarded as being sometimes 10-20x the payout of an ad-supported view[2]. 0: https://nebula.app/faq#:~:text=How%20do%20the%20creators%20get%20paid%3F https://nebula.app/faq#:~:text=How%20do%20the%20creators%20g... 1: https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-partner-program-2-million-creators-1235045674/#:~:text=Under%20YouTube%E2%80%99s%20standard%20revenue%2Dsharing%20terms%20for%20YPP%2C%20partner%20channels%20keep%2055%25%20of%20the%20money%20generated%20from%20ads%20on%20their%20videos.%20YouTube%20first%20launched%20the%20program%20in%202007 https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/youtube-partner-progra.... 2: https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1486935690315112455?s=20&t=ARp161gnYQPvKVv7xnv88w https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1486935690315112455?s=2... and https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/totalbiscuit-youtube-red-payout/ https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/totalbiscuit-youtube-red-p...

solarmist 5y ago
re: [2] I did not know that. This thread has convinced me to seriously look at paying for YouTube.

baud147258 5y ago

To support the creators whose videos I'm watching on YT, I use a whitelist add-on that disable the adblocker on those channels. Though the add-on still allows me to skip the ad, which I'm doing when it's an ad I've already seen.