[thirteenfingers]

Speaking for myself, I would be willing to pay YouTube to opt out of ads. I post mostly classical music videos, which are totally ruined if video advertisements are inserted in the middle. (Granted, YouTube doesn't seem to do that to classical music videos quite as much as it used to.)

I'm already paying Vimeo for a low-budget data plan, and I only continue to use YouTube as my main platform because of the extra exposure.

[youcandothat]

  I would be willing to pay YouTube to opt out of ads

But you can?

[zinekeller]

No, what he meant is that creators can pay YouTube/Google to not put ads on all of their videos for all of their audience, not YouTube Premium.

[0-_-0]

No you can't, not as a creator, which is what GP was talking about.

[freebasenic]

nice name