[dialogbox]

You and your creators use yt as a service. Their servers and network. Payment and others. That services don't come for free. If you don't give them any money, why Google need to provide the services?

If you don't like that, you can build your own server and steam from that.

[brewdad]

My state has given Google a truckload of tax breaks to build data centers here while raising my tax rate consistently over the past half decade.

Forgive me if I don’t shed a tear for their hosting costs.

[Thorrez]

Unless the tax breaks are so high that the taxes actually go negative, they won't pay for hosting costs.

Disclosure: I work at Google, but not on anything related to this.

[CommanderData]

Theyve also dominated the market with anti-consumer practices.

They should take responsibility for being the Internets video archive because they've faught so hard to become it and pushed everyone else out the market.

[mike741]

doesn't change the fact that they're receiving tax breaks. this creates an unfair advantage and nullifies any "build your own alternative" arguments.

[rolenthedeep]

And I'd rather not use YouTube! I want nothing at all to do with google. They quite simply do not deserve my money.

How much money has google made on selling my data? What do I get in return? More ads. If I pay google to remove the ads, they still sell my data and they take my money directly. By playing the game at all, you can only lose. So to the extent that is possible, I don't play. I also feel exactly zero remorse for taking advantage of a company like google. Their practices are deeply unethical and harmful, being a monopoly is inherently bad, and stealing from them is an ethical net positive.

Don't be reductive, it makes you look uninformed. This is a much more complex issue than simply paying for bandwidth.