Personally whenever I find videos I like on YouTube I will immediate send them into yt-dlp and save it locally to view after the fact. At this point the amount

Personally whenever I find videos I like on YouTube I will immediate send them into yt-dlp and save it locally to view after the fact. At this point the amount of advertising has become so pervasive that I’ve lost all care. This “monetization” game as far as I’m concerned is blackmail to creators as their content is heavily regulated by the platform and god forbid you say the wrong thing and then all the money you would get per view goes away but the ads will continue playing because someone else is going to get that money. What a scam.