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Because compared to other streaming services, that money is made off content that YouTube didn't produce and pays peanuts for. And because YouTube/Google will s
by speed_spread 4y ago
Because compared to other streaming services, that money is made off content that YouTube didn't produce and pays peanuts for. And because YouTube/Google will still track you and use that data to make more money in their other advertising schemes.
- oh_sigh 4y agoYouTube didn't produce the content(except sometimes when they do actually pay content creators), but they pay massive amounts(billions of dollars per year), not peanuts, to build the hosting and discovery infra that lets people get these views, which is why very few huge creators host their content on, say, Vimeo, or by themselves, or on peertube. On top of that, creators have ways of monetizing their videos which completely leave YouTube from getting any kind of a cut, such as Patreon, sponsorships, in-video ads, etc.