New Youtube Paid Subscription Service - Compulsory?

Youtube are offering a new paid subscription service for viewers who want to watch their videos ad-free.
The catch for Youtube Partners & Content Producers is that it looks as though this is *compulsory* to join and agree to in order to continue to get monetisation on your videos!
Dave goes through the sign-up process on his EEVblog channel.
Article on The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/8/8371131/youtube-paid-subscription-offline-video