Re: "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater."
No, that's not what I was saying. Not sure if previous commenters would agree with you.
I was just expressing my desire for the non-pirated stuff to continue. I don't see why they can't make it a viable business, perhaps they should move it all to the premium YT service and close the free service. As long as the non-pirate stuff is available and the premium fee wasn't silly, I'd pay, same as I pay for Spotify.
I've never understood using YT for music anyway, it's really inefficient and who sits there watching the music videos?