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      1 year ago

      It really boils down to a few reasons:

      • I don’t like ads, and I prefer not to see them
      • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
      • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
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          That hasn’t stopped me from using other Google services like Gmail, Docs, or Drive either.

          If I ever decide I want to opt out of Google’s ecosystem I’ll just serve them a GDPR data deletion request.
          That’s what I did when I deleted my Twitter account as well.