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No, it's literally the service a monopolist would naturally come to after it killed all competition. First, kill everyone in the field by offering a service fo
by wazoox 7y ago
No, it's literally the service a monopolist would naturally come to after it killed all competition. First, kill everyone in the field by offering a service for less than what it costs; once the field has been cleared, begin harassing people for their money. This is absolutely despicable. Break Google up, it's way past time.
- zamadatix 7y agoWhy can't we want to break up Google and fund creators without ads at the same time? Neither of these preclude the other.
- cptskippy 7y agoMost Creators aren't making money from YouTube, if they were then most wouldn't be on Patreon, have merch stores, or put ads in their videos. Pretty much every channel I subscribe to does one or all of those things. Many creators, AvE springs to mind, are pretty candid about how useless YouTube monetization is to anyone who isn't a PewDiePie with multimillions of subscribers.
- icebraining 7y agoSupposedly YouTube Premium viewers are much more profitable for video creators than regular ad-watching users.
- nemothekid 7y agoMost creators have other forms of income, because it's common sense to diversify your income when you can. For most YouTubers, they make most of their money from YouTube, and patreon, merch, and brand deals are just supplemental. Very few YouTubers actually do make most of their money from Patreon or Brand deals. Content more generally marketable, such as comedy, or content targeting a different demo (such a Makeup/Beauty) have a very different make up, but are still heavily ad driven, and this is the type of content that broadly makes up YouTube. AvE, and his type of content, is relatively niche, and it's unsurprising he makes most of his money from Patreon. Patreon, in general, skews heavily to audiences that have discretionary income and can afford to pay peicemeal to their favorite creators.
- izacus 7y agoI fail to follow your logic? What's the scenario you want here: for Google to continue providing YouTube for free or that they rise prices so other competition can be cheaper? What's your endgoal with the breakup?
- wazoox 7y agoThe goal of the breakup is to end a monopoly and a undeserved power-grab. For democracy to thrive, nobody should have too much power. Particularly corporations.