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Not all. While commercialization of the creator culture undoubtedly has some benefits, it also kills some of its original "soul". Someone making funny videos o
by vkk8 5y ago
Not all. While commercialization of the creator culture undoubtedly has some benefits, it also kills some of its original "soul".
Someone making funny videos on the internet on their free time without any kind of expectation to make money out of it unavoidably produces different results than the same person making semi-professional videos on Youtube and making living out of it. If the latter is an option, why the hell would the said person do the former? But since the latter option exists, it drives all of the creations to more professional, less quirky direction. It's the same effect that causes all the Hollywood films to have pretty much the same story arc and all the big budget games to feel like copies of each other.
- ethbr0 5y agoThat's an effect, sure. But I think it's more corrosive on the platform side. If I start a business that makes hosting and sharing videos easier, should I sell it to hobbyists who don't have money, or semi/pros who have lots of money? And how does that affect my feature pipeline and product evolution? The end result being... hobbyists have minimal, difficult, and (relatively) expensive platforms to enable their work, and semi/pros have well featured and cheap (or free) platforms. And that perpetuates the bifurcation and destruction of pure hobbyists.