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Sure, I do this too, as well as pay for YouTube Premium, bc some of that goes back to the creators I watch every day ๐คทโโ๏ธ
It's ublock origin + patreon for me, no doubt a much larger % goes to the creator that way
I Patreon the creators I'd be sad to see stop or change for monetary reasons, which is only 3 of them
The ones that are worth it and need support have their own ways to donate money to them, usually through a patron-like service.
$1/mo directly does a lot more than paying a company that is actively working on a late stage capitalism surveillance state.
Sure, but I don't have endless cash to subscribe to everyone's patreons, etc. So I go this way, or, I just don't contribute at all, because it's financially not feasible for me to do that.