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This makes sense. Creators have been including patreon plugs and ad copy in their videos to circumvent demonization and ad blockers for a while. This was obviou
by RpFLCL 8y ago
This makes sense. Creators have been including patreon plugs and ad copy in their videos to circumvent demonization and ad blockers for a while. This was obviously cutting YouTube out and they clearly wanted a piece of that pie back.
It's not a bad idea to move these things into their platform, assuming they don't move to ban creators from having their own ads and 3rd party stores.
Personally I enjoy some of the silly and unique ads some youtubers make. I also enjoy that they are -broadcast- to all the viewers, not based on my cookies and history like official ads on the platform.
- dannyw 8y agoPatreon works because there are different tiers, usually with lots of different rewards. Some people pledge over $100 a month for specific, custom or time consuming rewards. I don't think this feature will really cut it.
- slivym 8y agoIt makes sense, but I don't think it'll work when you consider the full picture. Youtube got in trouble with advertisers and the news media for making money and showing ads on unacceptable content. Their response was the ad-pocalypse. Those patreon plugs and ad copy came because youtube has a capricious and nasty AI system that will nuke your monetization. Youtube having those features doesn't fix the problem because it'll still demonetize at the drop of a hat, it'll still ban and hide people. The advantage of those other monetization strategies was that it means you can make money from your videos without relying directly on youtube. So whilst it might look like the same thing, in reality this doesn't solve the problems that content creators have.