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> They have to make money somehow. - multiple ads on the video itself - multiple links to their merchandise in the description - link promoting a paid YouTub

> They have to make money somehow. - multiple ads on the video itself - multiple links to their merchandise in the description - link promoting a paid YouTube membership in the description (which links to a sponsored video with a referral link to an unrelated financial product) - 26 referral links in the description - referral link to a completely unrelated mobile game in the description - referral link to a completely unrelated mobile game as a pinned comment - promotion of Patreon in the video itself It's a bit disingenuous to suggest that without early content access they have no way of monetising their content.

coddle-hark 6y ago
Or you could just sign up for the Patreon and get their videos without all that. I don’t see how giving people the option to pay for stuff is a bad thing?
gurustave 6y ago
They're also a LOT higher budget than the vast majority of other YouTube channels, necessitating all the additional funding streams. I don't know what the final cost for that Protosaber was, but including all the R&D and Man Hours along with the materials, I'm sure its pretty crazy.
ada1981 6y ago
But who cares if they do use early access content as a way to pay the bills? You seem like you expect people to work for you for free to create content to entertain you?
slimginz 6y ago
Not quite the same since it's a much larger team but Linus Tech Tips actually just released a video[1] on how they make money and it shows that diversifying your revenue stream as much as possible is key to be successful on YouTube. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zt57TWkTF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zt57TWkTF4
NikolaeVarius 6y ago
Give them money to bypass it
devthrowawy 6y ago
I'm not sure what you're getting at here. They should willingly be making less money?
baron_harkonnen 6y ago
Oh you want to get a base salary as well? - already have RSUs - annual bonus - health care benefits - paid vision - paid time off - snacks in office It's a bit disingenuous to suggest that without a base salary software engineers have no way of monetising their skills.
tweetle_beetle 6y ago
It seems I've missed the window to edit my comment, so to address all the negative sibling comments: I am not moralising - I don't care what they do. Grandparent complained the good content is paywalled. Parent suggested that's because they can't monetise any other way. I provided examples of how they are monetising already.

coddle-hark 6y ago

Or you could just sign up for the Patreon and get their videos without all that. I don’t see how giving people the option to pay for stuff is a bad thing?

gurustave 6y ago

They're also a LOT higher budget than the vast majority of other YouTube channels, necessitating all the additional funding streams. I don't know what the final cost for that Protosaber was, but including all the R&D and Man Hours along with the materials, I'm sure its pretty crazy.

ada1981 6y ago

But who cares if they do use early access content as a way to pay the bills? You seem like you expect people to work for you for free to create content to entertain you?

slimginz 6y ago

Not quite the same since it's a much larger team but Linus Tech Tips actually just released a video[1] on how they make money and it shows that diversifying your revenue stream as much as possible is key to be successful on YouTube. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zt57TWkTF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zt57TWkTF4

NikolaeVarius 6y ago

Give them money to bypass it

devthrowawy 6y ago

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. They should willingly be making less money?

baron_harkonnen 6y ago

Oh you want to get a base salary as well? - already have RSUs - annual bonus - health care benefits - paid vision - paid time off - snacks in office It's a bit disingenuous to suggest that without a base salary software engineers have no way of monetising their skills.

tweetle_beetle 6y ago

It seems I've missed the window to edit my comment, so to address all the negative sibling comments: I am not moralising - I don't care what they do. Grandparent complained the good content is paywalled. Parent suggested that's because they can't monetise any other way. I provided examples of how they are monetising already.