Emotional intelligence to me, means that someone understands their feelings, why they have them and where they come from. They know how to 'treat' themselves.
Some people are better than others at this. Some might get really frustrated but not understand why, while others can perfectly describe why they are frustrated, what they need to resolve it and then act on it. This to me is a very real thing.
EDIT: Oh and it also goes the other way. Someone who is emotionally intelligent might also be good at infering others emotions. Doesn't just apply to one self. I suppose this is called empathy.

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.