Rather than trying to fight a Pyrrhic arms race with with adblockers that will eventually outright require blocking anyone not paying, if youtube simply put a c

Rather than trying to fight a Pyrrhic arms race with with adblockers that will eventually outright require blocking anyone not paying, if youtube simply put a cumulative measure of what your usage has cost them at the top, I bet a lot of people would be more open to paying. Offering a way to throw a dollar at various creators and have it guaranteed to get to them in full would also be something I'd find highly compelling. And it would give those creators vastly more money than if I sat down and watched multiple thousands of 5-15 minute videos, ads and all. Also demonetizing creators because they said "kill" instead of "unalive" is fucking stupid, and makes youtube an adversary, not something I want to give money to.