[nextlevelwizard]

I'd be willing to pay 5€/mo for ad less youtube. That can't be achieved by patreon in any shape or form and youtuber merch is pretty cringe.

[kadoban]

Then throw 5 pounds at a rotating list of whoever you like's patreon and install an adblocker.

Merch, it depends. I've grabbed some tshirts here and there that are comfy and not branded all to hell, couple of random knick knacks. A lot of it is indeed not appealing, so I mostly just send money.

[nextlevelwizard]

That's the problem. That is too much effort for the value provided.