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Here is the thing. These people produce something of interest to people at the price of 'free'. If their 'product' was worth anything then they could charge for

by jbb555 11y ago

Here is the thing. These people produce something of interest to people at the price of 'free'. If their 'product' was worth anything then they could charge for it, but then of course nobody would pay and they wouldn't be 'famous'. So you can't get rich if you have to give your 'product' away? Not really a big surprise is it?

InclinedPlane 11y ago
Except for the people who do get rich. Besides which, a lot of times the difference between scraping by and becoming a millionaire can sometimes be a good business manager. Knowing what to do and how best to do it, and keep up with it, can make orders of magnitude difference in monetization. And that's true in any business, in any industry.
kiba 11y ago
If they don't ask straight out for money, they're not going to get it. If you don't explain the situation to your subscribers, how are they going to be understanding? So you put up this 'persona' on youtube. You said you 'struggled' but now you're not allowed to talk about your problem anymore. So, if you end up doing sponsored videos to make a living and some subscribers decide not to subscribe any longer because you're 'selling out'. Well, I guess they're not really a subscriber like you thought would be.
pbhjpbhj 11y ago
>If their 'product' was worth anything then they could charge for it // I don't think this necessarily follow. I've watched YouTube videos that were as entertaining as TV shows where in the latter's case onscreen & production workers are getting paid. It's not that the content isn't valuable it's that supply is vast and so the price is depressed to roughly "well I'll put up with a couple of add" (near zero). Having worth and being saleable are not directly comparable measures. Air is of effectively infinite worth to humans but you can't usually sell it.

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Here is the thing. These people produce something of interest to people at the price of 'free'. If their 'product' was worth anything then they could charge for

by jbb555 11y ago

InclinedPlane 11y ago
Except for the people who do get rich. Besides which, a lot of times the difference between scraping by and becoming a millionaire can sometimes be a good business manager. Knowing what to do and how best to do it, and keep up with it, can make orders of magnitude difference in monetization. And that's true in any business, in any industry.
kiba 11y ago
If they don't ask straight out for money, they're not going to get it. If you don't explain the situation to your subscribers, how are they going to be understanding? So you put up this 'persona' on youtube. You said you 'struggled' but now you're not allowed to talk about your problem anymore. So, if you end up doing sponsored videos to make a living and some subscribers decide not to subscribe any longer because you're 'selling out'. Well, I guess they're not really a subscriber like you thought would be.
pbhjpbhj 11y ago
>If their 'product' was worth anything then they could charge for it // I don't think this necessarily follow. I've watched YouTube videos that were as entertaining as TV shows where in the latter's case onscreen & production workers are getting paid. It's not that the content isn't valuable it's that supply is vast and so the price is depressed to roughly "well I'll put up with a couple of add" (near zero). Having worth and being saleable are not directly comparable measures. Air is of effectively infinite worth to humans but you can't usually sell it.