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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bluefirebrand on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:44AM (#35901961)
> Agree completely. I know people who are fine with watching ads to support the content creators and I agree. The creators should be compensated but Google are far too agressive with their ads.

The part I dislike about this is that they will demonetize a video for content reasons, but still show ads on it.

I also don't know how it works with YouTube Premium. If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

I feel like that's not likely

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by bilekas on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:43AM (#35902863)
> If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

I'm not a content creator but Google do claim that a small % of the pool goes to the creators you watch, I guess kind of like a Spotify model.

> Will creators still be paid with YouTube Premium? Yes. In fact, YouTube Premium gives a secondary revenue stream for creators in addition to what you're already earning today through ads.

[0] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6306276?hl=en#zipp...

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by gundmc on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:31PM (#35904548)
> I also don't know how it works with YouTube Premium. If I have Premium and I watch a creator, does YouTube pay them some tiny % of my subscription fee to offset the ads that I'm no longer watching?

> I feel like that's not likely

I believe this is exactly how it works.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by majewsky on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:52PM (#35921428)
Yes. In fact Youtube Premium views are much more valuable to the creator than an ad-supported view.
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