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Yes, great question. I have two guesses: (1) simply "it doesn't". I'm sure most people will opt to watch ads rather than pay. That presumably much larger user base supports content creators (2) A fraction of the total subscription revenue is distributed to content creators weighed by views (a la Spotify)


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