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Are you seriously framing the discussion as "people who think ill of Youtube's monetization scheme are shooter apologists"? I didn't think so reading this comme
by simias 9y ago
Are you seriously framing the discussion as "people who think ill of Youtube's monetization scheme are shooter apologists"? I didn't think so reading this comment but you seem to imply than in all your replies in this thread. That's such a ridiculous strawman that I don't even know where to begin.
That being said I agree with your non-crazy point about how video uploaders shouldn't feel entitled to a share of the cake in the first place. If your business model is entirely based on some multinational corporation giving you scraps of their ad revenue then you better have a backup plan ready. Unfortunately the people who do that seem to be very young and probably don't plan that far ahead.
- jacquesm 9y ago> Are you seriously framing the discussion as "people who think ill of Youtube's monetization scheme are shooter apologists"? No, but there are such 'shooter apologists' in this thread. Read the whole of it, at least one person writes that they feel that it was only a matter of time before someone brought a gun to a dispute like this.
- Mithaldu 9y agoThat is not apologism, that's realpolitik. It doesn't mean the deed is acceptable, but that people in power should've anticipated it.
- jacquesm 9y agoI don't think 'entitled people will come and shoot at our employees' is something that any normal business should have to plan for.
- Mithaldu 9y agoAnd that's the point. Youtube is an extraordinary business with an utter monopoly.
- jacquesm 9y agoYoutube doesn't really have a monopoly on the business of serving video. What they do have a monopoly on is the ability to get 100's of thousands of people to be directed to your video even if you yourself only do a fraction of the work required. This combination of technology and the audience is what makes Youtube so powerful. But if you are claiming ownership of revenues then you are indirectly claiming ownership of that audience and this is a giant mistake. After all, hosting some video is trivial, getting that audience to your self hosted content is the hard part. So if you take part in an ecosystem like that then you will have to (1) abide by the rules and (2) take into account that you serve at the pleasure of others. Failure to do so is going to result in a rude reminder of what your position really is: one of dependence.
- nailer 9y agoI don't think anyone thinks that.
- jacquesm 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16756310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16756310
- Mithaldu 9y agoAnd now you're literally posting in bad faith and lying about what i said. I never said a normal business has to prepare for that. You said a normal business doesn't have to, which i agree with. I then pointed out that youtube is anything but normal which you agreed to. Stop trolling.