Most of that revenue comes from advertising, but an increasing amount of money flows in from YouTube's $14-per-month subscription plan, YouTube Premium. YouTube Premium's primary perk is the lack of ads. You also get YouTube Music Premium, Picture-in-Picture mode, playback with the screen off, and more. And yet, the concept of paying for YouTube may seem baffling to many, not only due to Premium's considerable cost and questionable value, but also because anyone can still, technically, enjoy YouTube without paying a dime.
Between Uber rides, time at the airport, and a commercial flight, it should have taken five hours each way. With no security lines, no arduous boarding process, no taxiing, it took about two hours, meaning the seven-month-old I'd left behind was none the wiser: I was there to kiss him goodbye before he left for day care and home in time to give him a bath.