If by “pass what they want” you mean “continue doing nothing” then I’m in agreement.

You’ve just described YouTube Premium. Except it’s $14/month now. And I don’t know the numbers for how much of that goes to creators.

You can also “join” a channel, assuming that channel has it enabled.

They do point out a couple of instances of questionable if not outright scummy things (e.g. the affiliate codes situation) but the article mostly gives off “stop using brave, I’ve decided it’s cancelled” vibes.

The Completionist does a decent job of summing it all up https://youtu.be/UyhsZE6QIJ4