[tialaramex]

Youtube Premium actually pays the Youtubers similar or possibly slightly better than running Youtube advertising and I don't watch ads to fund that, I pay them money.

I guess you could argue that the stuff where Hank Green is telling me to consider buying a crash course coin is advertising? But by the same token arguably watching Carl Sagan play Blue Prince is advertising how great Carl is? Where are we drawing the line here?

[throwaway290]

No I wouldn't argue that, it's fair. Promotions or product placement and that stuff are everywhere and no place is special in that.

But I bet the guy I replied to doesn't actually pay for premium. Most people who say "TV sucks because ads and YT is great because no ads and creators braining" mean that they can block ads on YT and those brainy creators can deliver stuff to them for free, so it's totally better than TV yeah. like it's "better" if you can steal stuff than if you have to pay for it)