A lot of very talented people make a living by posting videos to YouTube. YouTube gives them a platform to remain independent content authors. It's not perfect

A lot of very talented people make a living by posting videos to YouTube. YouTube gives them a platform to remain independent content authors. It's not perfect. Nothing is. YouTube shares ad revenue with them. That's their living. If you pay for premium, you do not see ads but YouTube still pays them for your view. I don't know the full details, I'm sure it isn't perfect. I'm not sure what part of that you were concerned about knowing, but I am glad I can not view ads and that I can consume a lot of great independently content for a very minimal monthly cost.