YouTube membership upgrade ---is it worth it?

[hunter]

9. I have zero tolerance for television advertising, so yes.

I block all advertising that moves or makes noise on sites I don't regularly visit. I pay to make ads go away on sites I do regularly visit, including Democratic Underground. I do not regularly visit sites where I can't make advertising go away. I blacklist entirely sites that insist I turn my ad-blocker off and then show especially odious advertising when I do.

I find YouTube useful for home and car repair, gardening, and other "how to" videos. I also enjoy travelogues, the animal videos catbyte and a few other members post here on DU, and the YouTube channels of fellow retro-computing enthusiasts. ( I have my own personal collection of forty year old plus computers. )

I don't watch news or opinion videos on television or on the internet. Political advertising of any sort makes my skin crawl. Before twitter came along I always thought television was the worst medium for news and opinion.

I've recently deleted my Amazon account and I'll probably do the same with Google, including YouTube, as they turn further to the evil side under the Trump Administration. Without strong government regulation these giant corporations have the potential to turn very evil indeed.