Problem for me is that YouTube is my main source of video entertainment. I like being a part of the reason creators can get paid.

Sure I hate giving google money, but if everyone does adblock and no one donates to creators, then there will be no quality content.

Many creators i watch probably has a patreon or similar, but I watch so many different ones that yeah, yt premium is the easiest way for me to support while being ad free.

This is a response to both you and the person you’re responding to:

As much as I despise AI for creative use, I’m just not convinced by these observations. Both could be artistic / stylistic choices. Guess that argument could be used for a lot of “AI” observations though.

Disclosure: I know nothing about this movie, but the crop circle perspective seems to align with the bottom of the image also being a bit skewed, sort of a fish eye distortion. The “lens flare” just seems artistic to me and looks a little like an “eye” effect. These could be relevant thematic choices of the movie.

What are the signs that it is? I can’t really tell honestly.