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>YouTube Red’s main selling points being: You can watch YouTube without ads, watch original shows, download videos, access to music library, etc. All for $10 a month. It’s worth noting right away that my show “Scary PewDiePie” will be available via YouTube Red.
>So how come YouTube, an ad revenue website decided to switch to include payed services? This might seem insane, especially since YouTube comes from the ad giant Google.
>Well, despite YouTube being a huge website, YouTube still isn’t profiting. Daily Mail posted earlier this year: YouTube losses $1 billion
>I can also confirm with my own Google statistics that, that 40% is a correct estimate.
>It’s a number that has grown a lot over the years, from roughly 15-20% when I started. And it’s not unlikely that it will keep growing.
>What this means is that YouTubers lose about 40% of their ad income.
>Personally, I’m ok with if you use adblock on my videos. Ads are annoying, I get it, I’m not here to complain about that.
>But for smaller channels, this number can be devastating.
>Despite this, it seems that many people’s general attitude towards Adblock is very open loose:
>think what many people still don’t realize is that:
># YouTube Red exist largely as an effort to counter Adblock.
># Using Adblock doesn’t mean you’re clever and above the system.
># YouTube Red exist because using Adblock has actual consequences.

He's right, guys. If you enjoy watching stuff on YouTube, you have a moral obligation to stop using Adblocking software and/or sign up for YouTube Red to support content creators.

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