Obviously, that is why I specifically framed it in terms of Youtube's revenue generation. Youtube provides a ad-supported option and a paid option, except they charge 10x the rate for the paid option. Yet for some reason, the argument is always that nobody likes paid options or "microtransaction" models when the obvious problem with almost every scheme that companies try is that they always try to markup by like 1000% at a minimum.

Only if the time you save not watching ad, you actually work. What if you would just watch more videos in the same time or go to 9gag?

What if I am watching more videos that teach me something that ultimately make me earn more?

ADS is money I'm leaving on the table.

IMO That's the wrong question. The question is rather is the premium 'enough' to make it worth it to buy it or just stay with ad blocking as we did years before that option.