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I would assume the ad gives the creator some revenue while the delay doesn't
There are other ways to give to creators. You can tip, many have stores, patreon and floatplane among other ways.
Of course, and if you support creators that way I respect it, but most people never do.
Even so, it is still more profitable than the advertising revenue a lot get. There are big creators that would prefer the views. They can also do sponsored spots.
the ad is poison to my soul tho so its still better to delay
That's extreme lol, I barely notice ads, they hardly exist to me
Well, I have quite strong "anti spam filters" IRL. I often don't even notice there are adverts around me or commercials in radio/television running somewhere in background. But youtube? Holy hell that's another story. I just hate it when there are 5 unskippable 1+ minute ads in 10 minute video. It's retarded and the only effect it has on me is I start to boycot the product/brand/service I see there.
I'd be OK with that if YouTube didn't demonetize people all the time for utterly stupid reasons they refuse to explain and instantly give ad profits to anyone making a content claim whether or not the claim is valid.
Until they actually demonstrate competence in sharing profits with creators, they can fuck off.
Whatever. Don't give for free and claim after you need to get paid. That's no business model, that's something that currently works, a fad. And morally questionable at that.
If they really had guts... go full paywall mode. No freemium with ads bullshit.
Don't pretend like hook and bait business model is not being used here.
If YT did that, another company would just come and steal their market share with the same freemium system
At this point, I welcome the day that actually happens.
I call bullshit on this
Why?
The only alternative is stuff like Nebula and Floatplane but I'm not convinced people are willing to actually spend $ on creator media