No, YouTube is happy to sell me a music streaming subscription I have no intention of ever touching together with the ad-free video streaming subscription I am willing to pay for.
This also makes it completely opaque who gets my money at the end of the month, assuming I only use the video part: Only video creators? Or am I just paying into a global pot that is divided proportionally, i.e. would I end up paying x% for music despite neither wanting nor using that on YouTube?
Imagine Steam making you buy a movie download with every game you purchase, or Amazon requiring you to buy a box of cupcakes with every Kindle book. (Actually Amazon requiring me to pay for a video streaming service for expedited deliveries isn't too far off... Not that I'm too thrilled about that.)
This also makes it completely opaque who gets my money at the end of the month, assuming I only use the video part: Only video creators? Or am I just paying into a global pot that is divided proportionally, i.e. would I end up paying x% for music despite neither wanting nor using that on YouTube?
Imagine Steam making you buy a movie download with every game you purchase, or Amazon requiring you to buy a box of cupcakes with every Kindle book. (Actually Amazon requiring me to pay for a video streaming service for expedited deliveries isn't too far off... Not that I'm too thrilled about that.)