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> Ads is something you can rely on Not necessarily, especially in the long term. > If you think everyone is out there making big bucks just because they opene

> Ads is something you can rely on Not necessarily, especially in the long term. > If you think everyone is out there making big bucks just because they opened a website and put some ads on it, you're wrong. I never said or implied that. > Not only does it take time to build reputation and a following, people just don't out of the blue come and throw money at you. Not my problem. > what I think a lot of people are really saying is that, "All I want is just free content. Give me a raw white background with a slab of text centered in the middle of it and I will be on my way." No idea what that has to do with anything. > That is not how this world works, and trying to argue about it just makes you look selfish. I don't care if I look selfish.

judge2020 4y ago
> Not necessarily, especially in the long term. Last I checked, YouTube is going strong on 17 years with ads.
- ravenstine 4y ago
  The topic wasn't about YouTube the company. As far as the qualitative statement of "going strong", it really depends on what you mean by that. YouTube is highly relevant today, but nobody actually knows whether it makes a profit. Before you go looking for their revenue statements, remember, revenue != profit. To clarify my precious statement, just because ad revenue helps a creator early on doesn't mean they will get the same payout as time goes on, and YouTube has no qualms about demonetizing creators for any reason they see fit. To top it off, the same number of ads is likely to bring in less revenue as time goes on. Both YouTube ads and Adsense used to pay out a lot more than they do today.