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I guess the only reason youtube ads exist is to get people to pay youtube to get rid of ads. My parents have a smart TV and the youtube app w/o the paid youtub

I guess the only reason youtube ads exist is to get people to pay youtube to get rid of ads. My parents have a smart TV and the youtube app w/o the paid youtube premium makes it a really bad experience. On iOS devices, I have yet to find a free ad blocker that properly blocks youtube ads after they put in new measures to defeat content blocker based ad blockers.

Scoundreller 5y ago
It also provided some incentive for creators to edit and post video. I had a problem that I figured out the solution to and put up a video of it that made me a few dollars a month. Then YouTube moved the goalposts and demonetized it because I don’t (and frankly, won’t) have 1000 subscribers. So that’s the end of my video posting on YouTube. I’ve discovered some “hack” repairs to other devices (common washing machine and MacBook speaker issues), but you won’t see my solutions on YouTube, just 99 videos saying to replace it or fumbling with software settings that aren’t the problem.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
  Please share your knowledge, if you don’t expect to have 1000 subscribers surely you wouldn’t expect revenue anyway. Maybe a better approach would be to encourage ‘buy me a coffee’ donations. Either way, you’re punishing society for google being an asshole.
  - Scoundreller 5y ago
    I don’t expect (and didn’t get) subscribers because I just solve the problem. I’m not entertaining enough for you to continue watching the next video on a thing you probably don’t own. Most likely outcome will be me posting videos on some alternative video platform. Looking at rumble.com (I wish Amazon got into hosting videos like this, being at the place to buy seems the best place if you fail to fix).
    - no1lives4ever 5y ago
      IMO youtube is the primary platform where those looking for videos will search first up. Thing is that if you have a large number of videos, you never know when one of them will get you a large number of views and subscribers. Or maybe in future google will have different goalposts for monetization. Overall, it is always good to have videos on youtube even if you are not monetizing them.
      - HWR_14 5y ago
        Good for who? good for Google. But how is giving free content to Google good for the poster?
        no1lives4ever 5y ago
        If in future google changes monetization goalposts, then the poster can potentially make some cash from the older posted videos. And it is entirely possible that one video gets popular and brings in a ton of views and subscribers to the channel.

Scoundreller 5y ago

It also provided some incentive for creators to edit and post video. I had a problem that I figured out the solution to and put up a video of it that made me a few dollars a month. Then YouTube moved the goalposts and demonetized it because I don’t (and frankly, won’t) have 1000 subscribers. So that’s the end of my video posting on YouTube. I’ve discovered some “hack” repairs to other devices (common washing machine and MacBook speaker issues), but you won’t see my solutions on YouTube, just 99 videos saying to replace it or fumbling with software settings that aren’t the problem.

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
Please share your knowledge, if you don’t expect to have 1000 subscribers surely you wouldn’t expect revenue anyway. Maybe a better approach would be to encourage ‘buy me a coffee’ donations. Either way, you’re punishing society for google being an asshole.
- Scoundreller 5y ago
  I don’t expect (and didn’t get) subscribers because I just solve the problem. I’m not entertaining enough for you to continue watching the next video on a thing you probably don’t own. Most likely outcome will be me posting videos on some alternative video platform. Looking at rumble.com (I wish Amazon got into hosting videos like this, being at the place to buy seems the best place if you fail to fix).
  - no1lives4ever 5y ago
    IMO youtube is the primary platform where those looking for videos will search first up. Thing is that if you have a large number of videos, you never know when one of them will get you a large number of views and subscribers. Or maybe in future google will have different goalposts for monetization. Overall, it is always good to have videos on youtube even if you are not monetizing them.
    - HWR_14 5y ago
      Good for who? good for Google. But how is giving free content to Google good for the poster?
      - no1lives4ever 5y ago
        If in future google changes monetization goalposts, then the poster can potentially make some cash from the older posted videos. And it is entirely possible that one video gets popular and brings in a ton of views and subscribers to the channel.