Why does everything have to be binary with you people? I watch them once in a while and don't want to use a proprietary platform. Even if I watched their youtube channel, it'd be through a privacy frontend so they wouldn't get the views anyway.

If they saw that an unofficially copied channel garnered a lot of views, they might be tempted to make an official presence. If all we do is go "they'll never come here, I'll watch them on youtube", well, you know what'll happen.