True, but no one is going to pay for content with production values barely above tiktok videos - which is what most of YouTube's most famous content is.

I don't think of it as paying for the content, as much as just paying for an ad-free experience that doesn't require maintenance on my end and still helps pay creators. I watch YouTube a lot, and on several devices that aren't easy to adblock on, so I just pay for a family plan and none of my family has to see ads on any of their devices, either. I don't think YouTube is really doing exclusive content anymore, so that's not really a huge reason to subscribe.

YTP is one of the few "quality of life" subscriptions that I think is genuinely worth it, IMO.