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Great, now I can finally freeload off of the people creating content I love.
by FredPret 4y ago
Great, now I can finally freeload off of the people creating content I love.
- rpastuszak 4y agoPlease read the article first. That's not the intent here. The goal would be to funnel the money to the creators instead of using a bunch of middlemen. And, the main goal now is to make people thing about the ridiculousness of the current state of things. I'm speaking as someone who spent a decade working on helping publishers monetise their content without the unnecessary bullshit. I share your sentiment. One of my proudest career achievements was to get uncle Murdoch pay me to build an ad blocker (ended up quitting the job and taking a break to work on my mental health, but I still thing it was a valuable fuck you experience).
- FredPret 4y agoYoutube deserves money for the ridiculous value add it does. My content creators deserve money because they are unreal entertainers. If Squarespace wants to fund all this, why not. Sometimes my favourite, Simon Whistler, will make the ad funny and worth watching. Worst case scenario, fast forward a bit.
- rpastuszak 4y ago> Youtube deserves money for the ridiculous value add it does. Correct, but do you think that the people making the platform valuable (creators) are getting a fair cut there?
- FredPret 4y agoIf Youtube isn’t paying them enough, perhaps they should consider sponsorships!
- gambiting 4y agoI support YouTube creators I watch on patreon, yet obviously that doesn't remove their sponsored content in their videos. This is a brilliant solution to this.
- FredPret 4y agoThose creators should give you a sponsor-free version then. If not, the creator knows this and wants you to watch the sponsored video anyway. That means the monetization from the sponsorship is still baked into your deal with the creator.