It occurs to me that there is a whole supply chain of these companies for youtubers and podcasters. Firstly, the content creator uses one (or many) of a selecti

It occurs to me that there is a whole supply chain of these companies for youtubers and podcasters. Firstly, the content creator uses one (or many) of a selection of traditional and web-based tools to produce content not possible three decades ago, then youtube, or a syndication service, gets your content in the right places, there it is discovered by users, the content creator is then rewarded with ad revenue, subscribers through patreon, or through sales of merch through yet another platform. Even as someone who mostly consumes this kind of content rather than creating it, I feel I benefit massively from this complex of buisnesses and tools. The web is a vibrant and encouraging place so long as you look past some of its worst festering piles of madness.