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It's a concern because of regardless of how small your personal interaction with any "creator" is you are inextricably adding to their influence by watching them. Adding your views to their tally increases their apparent popularity (their viewcounts) and because humans are tribal in nature this apparent popularity often translates to actual popularity i.e. "I see big number. Big number must mean channel good because why would many watch if not good? Now I add myself to big number and influence others to add to big number too!". Also, because kids specifically are retarded little sponges who become easily fixated upon their heroes even if said individual does not explicitly proclaim their political or personal beliefs in their videos they are often still very vocal about them on other platforms, platforms which are very often linked in the descriptions of their videos where the aforementioned retarded sponges can easily find them and are likely seek out further interaction with the creator through them and thus are more likely to be influenced by their politics and ideologies. So not only are you enriching the creator themselves by watching their content, you are also adding to their influence any time you watch them through legitimate channels. If the creator in questions holds moral or political views in opposition to your own you are directly acting against your own interests by positively interacting with them. There is no sensible reason for this, especially in a world where there are likely to be many other options for consuming similar content without directly harming your own interests.
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