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What a load of crap. Major channels are not giving up their enormous paychecks from Google to take a flier on blockchain powered alternatives with no audience o
by ebbv 8y ago
What a load of crap. Major channels are not giving up their enormous paychecks from Google to take a flier on blockchain powered alternatives with no audience on it.
The only people switching are people who have a vested interest in everything blockchain or those who are being driven off Youtube by the ad policy changes.
- dingaling 8y agoBut if the 'little folk' who are affected by the monetization changes find they can make money on Dtube or wherever, who will fill the lower tranches of YouTube? Other than those producing and uploading out of principle and without desire to earn anything. Unless you can ramp quickly to 4,000 hours of viewing per year, YouTube is a penniless grind. Whereas other sites offer pay-per-view right from the first viewer.
- ebbv 8y agoDepends on your goals and your audience. My channel is about guitar stuff, I joined an existing community and am easily finding viewers on Youtube. It might be an uphill battle for me on one of those alternative platforms, and frankly I have no interest in even giving them a shot. I know there's millions of people viewing millions of hours a day on Youtube, and I know how the game is played there. Those other platforms are unproven and frankly I don't know who's behind them. Just as Google decided to implement policies that favor their advertisers, these blockchain based alternatives may decide anyone with any tweets that can be perceived as being unfriendly towards cryptocurrencies get shut down, just as an example. The devil you know....