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  • N-E-N@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I would assume the ad gives the creator some revenue while the delay doesn’t

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      1 year ago

      There are other ways to give to creators. You can tip, many have stores, patreon and floatplane among other ways.

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        1 year ago

        Of course, and if you support creators that way I respect it, but most people never do.

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          Even so, it is still more profitable than the advertising revenue a lot get. There are big creators that would prefer the views. They can also do sponsored spots.

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        1 year ago

        That’s extreme lol, I barely notice ads, they hardly exist to me

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          Well, I have quite strong “anti spam filters” IRL. I often don’t even notice there are adverts around me or commercials in radio/television running somewhere in background. But youtube? Holy hell that’s another story. I just hate it when there are 5 unskippable 1+ minute ads in 10 minute video. It’s removed and the only effect it has on me is I start to boycot the product/brand/service I see there.

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      I’d be OK with that if YouTube didn’t demonetize people all the time for utterly stupid reasons they refuse to explain and instantly give ad profits to anyone making a content claim whether or not the claim is valid.

      Until they actually demonstrate competence in sharing profits with creators, they can fuck off.

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      1 year ago

      Whatever. Don’t give for free and claim after you need to get paid. That’s no business model, that’s something that currently works, a fad. And morally questionable at that.

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      1 year ago

      If they really had guts… go full paywall mode. No freemium with ads bullshit.

      Don’t pretend like hook and bait business model is not being used here.

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        1 year ago

        If YT did that, another company would just come and steal their market share with the same freemium system

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            Why?

            The only alternative is stuff like Nebula and Floatplane but I’m not convinced people are willing to actually spend $ on creator media