Doing my best not to contribute

Christ, they way they tell it, you'd think those like myself with adblockers were the death of the platofrm by forcing it into near insolvency.

Pffft!

And I will continue blocking their ads.

They need to pay Federal taxes at the full corporate rate with zero deductions. Americans deserve Public Healthcare, Google can afford to fun that. You're next Facebook.

And I hate it these days. I really do.

I understand why the better creators make their videos the way they do. I understand why there are channels that just churn out hundreds of low effort vids every day. I get it. At the same time, even the things that are considered quality content on YouTube just don't appeal to me anymore.

People send me links and I can hardly be bothered to watch them, let alone browse for hours.

Oh well.

I tend to watch it more these days for video podcasting content and live sports, the platform is actually really good for live sports. WSL, J-League and Bundesliga and whilst they don't show The 6 Nations Rugby (yet!) You can view the Rugby Europe matches there too. Plus more Public Service Broadcasters in the UK are putting their content on the platform. My only worry is the oncoming Boomer onslaught to the platform so they can watch their shows lol

Who is actually buying stuff from youtube ads? Idiots, that's who. An idiot and their cash are easily separated.

And with no union representation whatsoever.

I would hope the business models of the paid services get less ad revenue than the "free" service that is funded almost entirely by ads.