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You need to reach your audience somehow. Even creators who earn a lot from Patreon and other websites had to build their following, often on Youtube. People ca

by simias 6y ago

You need to reach your audience somehow. Even creators who earn a lot from Patreon and other websites had to build their following, often on Youtube. People can complain as much as they want (and sometimes rightly so) but it's a simple technical truth that nobody else can provide a Youtube-quality service for free. The operating costs are just insane.

ghaff 6y ago
I read the parent as saying YouTube is probably a pretty lousy bet if you have no other income stream to eat. Yes, some people do pretty well. So do some actors. And some authors. That doesn't make those occupations good full-time financial choices if you're broke. Most people posting on YouTube have day jobs or other means of support. I'm actually tempted to think that patronage and ad supported models lure a lot of people into thinking they can monetize their hobby in a significant way that they would never think they could if they were playing a musical instrument for tips.
- dfxm12 6y ago
  You read correctly. :)
- apostacy 6y ago
  This is just conservative Prager-U corporate toadying. Essentially, if you don't like your job, stop complaining and quit! People invested significantly in YouTube because they were promised that it was a platform for everyone. Now they are gentrifying the platform and driving everyone off who isn't a major celebrity, via gaslighting. If you are a celebrity like Logan Paul, the rules simply do not apply to you. YouTube will fully monetize anything you put up, up to and including violating the terms of service or even committing actual crimes in real life. YouTube is perfectly capable of treating people better, they just choose not to. People can see it is wrong when Uber does stuff like this to contractors who are far less invested in the platform, but YouTube gets a free pass to abuse its contributors.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    There are plenty of platforms for everyone out there. They're just not a path to riches, or indeed even to material "side hustle" income, for the vast majority of people. Anyone who ever thought otherwise is... let's just say optimistic.

by simias 6y ago

ghaff 6y ago

I read the parent as saying YouTube is probably a pretty lousy bet if you have no other income stream to eat. Yes, some people do pretty well. So do some actors. And some authors. That doesn't make those occupations good full-time financial choices if you're broke. Most people posting on YouTube have day jobs or other means of support. I'm actually tempted to think that patronage and ad supported models lure a lot of people into thinking they can monetize their hobby in a significant way that they would never think they could if they were playing a musical instrument for tips.

dfxm12 6y ago
You read correctly. :)
apostacy 6y ago
This is just conservative Prager-U corporate toadying. Essentially, if you don't like your job, stop complaining and quit! People invested significantly in YouTube because they were promised that it was a platform for everyone. Now they are gentrifying the platform and driving everyone off who isn't a major celebrity, via gaslighting. If you are a celebrity like Logan Paul, the rules simply do not apply to you. YouTube will fully monetize anything you put up, up to and including violating the terms of service or even committing actual crimes in real life. YouTube is perfectly capable of treating people better, they just choose not to. People can see it is wrong when Uber does stuff like this to contractors who are far less invested in the platform, but YouTube gets a free pass to abuse its contributors.
- ghaff 6y ago
  There are plenty of platforms for everyone out there. They're just not a path to riches, or indeed even to material "side hustle" income, for the vast majority of people. Anyone who ever thought otherwise is... let's just say optimistic.