I got a MikroTik router and never looked back. That thing is amazing.

Edit: typo

I thought they made a big point about not monetizing the video during the video. With the whole “and now our sponsor…”, “Just kidding” stuff. Was it actually set for YouTube monetization?

Yep, super annoying and you will get the same thing, but for Chrome, when hitting Google sites in Edge or Firefox.

I think it is a fine line to be honest. You want enough users to have content and collaboration but not so much that it draws the corps in which is what basically happened to the web. Sure tons of web sites exist but a bulk of the traffic only go to a few of them.

I have to support software projects that I was interested in. Usually only for a few months though. The subs can be pretty cheap such that even several months total is cheaper than a typical software purchase so you are not talking a ton of money.

Some Patrons are set up so that you really only need to donate one month so it is almost like a purchase since, up till now, Patron did not support direct purchases.