ParanoidObsessive posted...
YouTube has a history of ignoring any and all complaints unless one of their larger content providers complains about something on Twitter and it catches traction.
When someone with a million plus followers has a Tweet complaining about YouTube go viral, the damage control team jumps in pretty fast to "fix" the problem. But if you don't have that weight behind you, they generally don't give a shit about your complaints, even if it's about something that they themselves blatantly fucked up.
Or if you make a credible threat to bring lawyers into the mix. But most creators don't have the resources to be able to do that.
Clench281 posted...
always find it funny when people will pay for a subscription to Spotify without a second thought but are disgusted by the thought of subscribing to YouTube premium.
Who said I pay for Spotify?
Clench281 posted...
And your YouTube premium views directly provide more income to content creators that you watch.
If you actually care about getting your money to creators, you need to go through their Patreon or Ko-fi or other similar service that pays them more directly. Youtube's payouts for any but the most wildly successful creators are a pittance, regardless of how many of their subscribers are premium, and the inconsistent application of their ToS/algorithms and unwillingness to protect creators from abuses like spurious copyright strikes mean that direct Youtube revenue is not a reliable source of income unless your channel is large enough to have meaningful leverage.
If you think Youtube premium is worth the money, go for it, but justifying it by saying you're better supporting creators is just lying to yourself, which is exactly what Youtube is banking on when they tack "your subscription money helps support creators!" onto their pitch for Premium.