Yeah, it wasn't my brightest moment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Literally the first part of the sentence lol

I know it's a joke, but you've missed the dollar symbol. That's the fine in USD.

Isn't that... More money than the GDP of the world?

I like me some strawberry milk

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.

Well I've seen how people have shared the way YouTube have changed their tactics over time and I don't feel like I can blame you for feeling that way.

I got my subscription back when it was named YouTube Red. Like, as soon as it became available in my country. I just always saw it as a good deal, and I haven't really had to see any of that shit personally. I do think the way they're marketing it these days seems to be very annoying though.

In a workshop making shovels for those outside people am I right

I actually in reality live in a really good place for walking and cycling, but I do understand the pain in the ass that is traffic congestion and "just add more lanes, man" mentality.

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

Yes, but car centric planning, man