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So the system is rigged? Why are people still on YouTube?

danielheath 4y ago
Creators are there because it pays them (until it doesn't). YT have the largest viewing audience and the most advertising spend.
iancmceachern 4y ago
There isn't a real alternative. Many content creators have created their own sites (like corridor crew), and there are theme specific sites like nebula or masterclass, but nothing with the broad appeal and audience of youtube
- jay_kyburz 4y ago
  Somebody with deep pockets could have a crack at it. You could pay the top YouTubers to host content on both platforms, then add some special bonuses for exclusive content. I really think Netflix should have a crack at it. (But clearly labeled as a different kind of thing. )
  - imran-iq 4y ago
    Microsoft already tried with mixer against twitch, its really hard to get users to move to a new platform when they are used to the old one
    - qbrass 4y ago
      I don't use Twitch because I'm not in the Twitch demographic, but I refuse to use Mixer because of how Microsoft was trying to push it on me.
masswerk 4y ago
Personally, I don't think that the system being rigged is the problem, but the path to justice being obstructed. Thus, there is no correction and no remedy. And, why are people still on YT? Well, because it's where everybody is. I.e., critical accumulation, out ruling any other considerations. It may turn out that having a viable path to justice on such a system of critical mass may be as important as having anti-trust clauses.
- phibz 4y ago
  Not allowing the alleging party to judge the response to the claim would cut down on this sort of thing. But that's not part of the DMCA so YT won't do it. They just care about avoiding liability.
rexreed 4y ago
Video consumers / watchers >>>> Video / content creators. YouTube makes money monetizing eyeballs. There are a LOT of eyeballs, much more so than content creators. Every time one content creator gets smashed, another one pops up. So who does YouTube care about? The creators? No way. They want the eyeballs that they sell the advertisers. The content creators are the inconvenient intermediary. If Google / YouTube could realize their fantasy, they'd automatically create all the content themselves with ML or some super amazing generator and get rid of the content creators altogether.
paulpauper 4y ago
because none of the alternatives even come close in terms of viewers, virality, monetization 15 years later and still nothing even close to a viable YouTube alternative.
worthless-trash 4y ago
Same reason people still make IOS apps.
qbasic_forever 4y ago
You have to go where the audience is at, and Youtube is a huge audience.
anigbrowl 4y ago
Look up 'preferential attachment'.

Creators are there because it pays them (until it doesn't). YT have the largest viewing audience and the most advertising spend.

iancmceachern 4y ago

There isn't a real alternative. Many content creators have created their own sites (like corridor crew), and there are theme specific sites like nebula or masterclass, but nothing with the broad appeal and audience of youtube

jay_kyburz 4y ago
Somebody with deep pockets could have a crack at it. You could pay the top YouTubers to host content on both platforms, then add some special bonuses for exclusive content. I really think Netflix should have a crack at it. (But clearly labeled as a different kind of thing. )
- imran-iq 4y ago
  Microsoft already tried with mixer against twitch, its really hard to get users to move to a new platform when they are used to the old one
  - qbrass 4y ago
    I don't use Twitch because I'm not in the Twitch demographic, but I refuse to use Mixer because of how Microsoft was trying to push it on me.

masswerk 4y ago

Personally, I don't think that the system being rigged is the problem, but the path to justice being obstructed. Thus, there is no correction and no remedy. And, why are people still on YT? Well, because it's where everybody is. I.e., critical accumulation, out ruling any other considerations. It may turn out that having a viable path to justice on such a system of critical mass may be as important as having anti-trust clauses.

phibz 4y ago
Not allowing the alleging party to judge the response to the claim would cut down on this sort of thing. But that's not part of the DMCA so YT won't do it. They just care about avoiding liability.

rexreed 4y ago

Video consumers / watchers >>>> Video / content creators. YouTube makes money monetizing eyeballs. There are a LOT of eyeballs, much more so than content creators. Every time one content creator gets smashed, another one pops up. So who does YouTube care about? The creators? No way. They want the eyeballs that they sell the advertisers. The content creators are the inconvenient intermediary. If Google / YouTube could realize their fantasy, they'd automatically create all the content themselves with ML or some super amazing generator and get rid of the content creators altogether.

paulpauper 4y ago

because none of the alternatives even come close in terms of viewers, virality, monetization 15 years later and still nothing even close to a viable YouTube alternative.

worthless-trash 4y ago

Same reason people still make IOS apps.

qbasic_forever 4y ago

You have to go where the audience is at, and Youtube is a huge audience.

anigbrowl 4y ago

Look up 'preferential attachment'.