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Re:YouTube Won the Battle for TV Viewers by bobdvb on Thursday July 24, 2025 @08:54AM (#44670085)
I sponsor several creators on Patreon, I don't watch early release videos because that would require me to log into Patreon and follow the link.

I've told the creators that I follow that I'm paying to enable them to do what they do, I don't need any more return than that.

I tried Nebula and others, honestly the content was either unappealing, low quality recycled material, or it took too long to find something interesting. The variety of YT is important and I'd also say 30% of my selections are based on duration, fitting the content into my lifestyle as well as my mood.

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Re:YouTube Won the Battle for TV Viewers by nozzlegear on Friday July 25, 2025 @02:38PM (#44686668)
We do the same thing. There are a couple of channels we watch on YouTube who forego ads and use Patreon to fund their livelihoods; we'd be sad to see them disappear, so I started supporting them with a monthly donation on Patreon. They offer the same early release perks, but like you said, the variety of our YouTube subscription feed is important. I could binge all of these creators' videos on Patreon if I wanted to, but my wife and I aren't opening YouTube to binge just one type of video.
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