[kortilla]

> Bypassing the ads is hurting mainly content creators, not Google...

No, it hurts Google too. Google isn’t some benevolent actor operating youtube at a loss. It’s a cash cow now.

[rezonant]

It hurts both. If people support the YT creators they watch on Patreon or in some other way, that's fantastic. But you should support them in some way if you watch and appreciate their content.

[Maxence]

I do it, but the point is most of the people don't, they simply watch YouTube.

I'm also a content creator myself, guess what, most of my revenues come form ads, not Patreon.