What are the features that brought you over? I had it before, but YouTube music was too lackluster for me (polish, sound quality, ease of searching) and for the YouTube part I use van Ed on mobile and ublock

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I like that creators still get some compensation while I get to not think about ads.

[–] moonburster 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's a good reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How much do creators get?

[–] CleoTheWizard 10 points 3 weeks ago

Quite a bit. For your subscription YouTube will take 45%. The other 55% are split among other creators by watch time of the subscriber. For what it’s worth, the creators I watch love that system and benefit from it quite a bit. It’s more consistent and safer than ad revenue.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but I remember recently listening to a podcast or something where they mentioned that premium users' views are worth a little bit more than ad watchers on average. I'm assuming that's because there's no third party advertiser that needs a cut.

[–] redisdead 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I consume a lot of YouTube. Like a lot a lot. All kinds of YouTube, on all kinds of devices. Long form essays, machinist channels, gaming tournaments, tech channels. I always have a video going at some point or another, if only to have some background noise while I'm working on something else. My side monitor at work has the YouTube logo burned in.

I used to pay for Spotify, and figured I could skip the hassle of dealing with Adblock on devices that don't really allow for much liberty and still get music by YouTube music for roughly the same price.

[–] moonburster 1 points 3 weeks ago

Understandable. When YouTube music drops hires i will be game