I pay for YouTube too. Between that and Kagi search, it's ~$20 per month. Which seems crazy in today's environment of 'everything free'. But seriously, I use these both all day for both work and play, but I only watch an hour of Netflix a day. So which is really more valuable?

I agree that on the whole, people will continue to go for the free option, but I'm just glad that some options are appearing to pay, which rebalances the incentives a bit.