You can support in other ways. For many ad revenue isn't the primary way anymore. There's monthly payments, donations, buying their merchandise, etc. You watching a 30 second ad only gives them maybe a cent. The time it costs you alone is more valuable than that.
Heck sharing the video on facebook/whatever probably helps them more than watching ads.
Yeah but then you feel bad for not supporting your favorite youtubers, since for most that's their primary income, ad revenue.
You can support in other ways. For many ad revenue isn't the primary way anymore. There's monthly payments, donations, buying their merchandise, etc. You watching a 30 second ad only gives them maybe a cent. The time it costs you alone is more valuable than that.
Heck sharing the video on facebook/whatever probably helps them more than watching ads.
100% one way to sort it out.
If you want to support your favorite youtubers just turn it off for that video