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Why? This unquestioned given of "where's the monetisation?" is almost everything that's wrong with the internet today. It's seen as "gown up" and realistic, bu
by ghusto 4y ago
Why?
This unquestioned given of "where's the monetisation?" is almost everything that's wrong with the internet today. It's seen as "gown up" and realistic, but doesn't even question it's own wisdom.
We don't have to speculate with hypotheticals on what an unmonetised service would look like either, it's literally how things used to work before the corporate takeover of the web.
- namlem 4y agoHow are the content creators supposed to make a living? The advantage of YouTube is that people can do it as their full time job.
- ghusto 4y agoI would very much like it if they didn't, and we went back to people doing it because they just love it. EDIT: Though I'd have to add that there are ways to get paid which don't have the same downsides (changing the content to make it easier to monetise). It's like how people prefer films that keep their integrity, instead apealling to the lowest common denominator.