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I also pay for YTP - I have no issues with people like ATA putting an ad in their content as long as it's not obnoxious, like sometimes the Simon Whistler stuff
by neom 5y ago
I also pay for YTP - I have no issues with people like ATA putting an ad in their content as long as it's not obnoxious, like sometimes the Simon Whistler stuff is. I'm not gonna buy their "merch" - so it seems reasonable to me they can sell some space on their feed to someone else for some extra cash. Sure, I don't love it, but I do very much enjoy ATA, Hoovie, Sam Crac, Adam Ragusea, Today I Found Out, etc and although I suspect they make around 300/400k a year USD from youtube alone, I do also appreciate how much work goes into their stuff. ATA for example hires someone to narrate his scrip for him.
- rvnx 5y agoWow, I didn't know ATA was so popular. It's actually how the question got into my head, as on this channel they investigate / audit how the law is functioning (even if it's sometimes far-fetched) and that directly led me to this question. In practice, I still find it is quite annoying on certain channels like LinuxTechTips (they genuinely have content, but... the amount of sponsors in these videos is crazy), and somehow, it feels wrong to pay but not get the service delivered. Perhaps they are getting away with it by saying it's paid "promotion", and not "ad". The more I think about it, the more I'm suspecting that it violates consumer laws but it looks like an expensive battle.