> Plus, frankly, other streaming services are using my money to make original programming, whereas YouTube's content is supplied by [mostly] small creators to Y

> Plus, frankly, other streaming services are using my money to make original programming, whereas YouTube's content is supplied by [mostly] small creators to YouTube, and Google is paying a pittance in ad revenue (YT Premium or otherwise) It's not a pittance. There's an entire, large cottage industry of people sustaining themselves off of YouTube revenue.