Better options don't magically appear. Especially in an unsustainable market: nobody wants an audience of users who don't watch ads and don't pay. Where's the money to make the better option coming from?

I don't think not wanting to pay for YouTube is the same as not wanting to pay, period. I happily pay for Nebula but block ads on YouTube. I know plenty of people who do the same, or subscribe to patreons and such of people they follow.

Patreon is still heavily reliant on YouTube for the actual video hosting. Vimeo didn't go well [0]. Patreon has started their own video hosting service in beta, but haven't finalized prices yet. Even then plenty of creators would probably rather upload on YouTube for free than pay for Patreon.

Other services like Nebula are not a replacement for YouTube in this use case and many use cases. The comment I was replying to wouldn't be asking for better options instead of just using Nebula if it was.

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979126/vimeo-patreon-cr...

Google became a trillion dollar company in this "unsustainable" market. It won't work forever, that I can agree.