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YouTube is going to remove ad controls for creators
(support.google.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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It's likely they don't have much of a choice as a business. The more people use ad blockers, the more ads they need to show to make up for the loss in revenue.
And the more ads they show, the more people install adblockers.
Paying for Premium is another option. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but to a creator a view from one Premium subscriber is worth much more that hundreds of views from ad-supported free tier subs. It's the next best option outside of direct payment (Patreon, GoFundMe, etc.)
If content from these creators is really important to you and you spend a lot of time on YouTube, maybe a monthly sub is actually worth it.
Personally a major problem I have with YouTube premium is when they launched it they took some quality of life features from the free side and moved them to premium. If they didn’t do that I’d probably have premium