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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (18 children)

I'm sure I'll be downvoted to hell, but I just pay for Premium because I use YouTube all the time, don't want to see ads, and acknowledge that YouTube is an incredible service/product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I also pay, and share to several family members to help justify the cost.

That just makes us shills though; consumerism is a zero sum game. /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It just makes us normal customers of a product. You want something? You pay for it.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago

fuck that. you want to be a musician, you play venues and engage with your fans instead of just releasing a one hit wonder that took half a week in the studio to make and made you millions

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