Okay? The point is that the claim that “paying for premium means you’re no longer the product” is absolutely, and demonstrably bullshit. Now you’re just givin

Okay? The point is that the claim that “paying for premium means you’re no longer the product” is absolutely, and demonstrably bullshit. Now you’re just giving money to Google for you to be the product, with a side benefit of (currently) not seeing Google ads. This it going to change within 16 months anyway, as Google shifts away from broad spectrum premium towards premium having different benefits, and you’ll have to have individual paid subscriptions to remove ads for specific users (not unlike twitch, where paying for prime no longer removes ads).