To pay for Youtube?

Posts on the Internet during the last couple of weeks have given indication that youtube.com is preparing to be a paid service. Sources such as www.reddit.com have suggested youtube.com has added code into the platform that runs the website. Youtube.com is owned by google and so far without an announcement from them announcing such chargers sources from around the web indicate that the code has been added to the backend ready for the switch accross. Now it's only a matter of time before what we watch freely today will be a click per channel.