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> As I understand it most content creators rely more on revenue from patreon, sponsorships and being on content owner controlled platforms like nebula. They r

by izacus 3y ago

> As I understand it most content creators rely more on revenue from patreon, sponsorships and being on content owner controlled platforms like nebula. They really don't (which is demonetization hurts them every time YouTube does it). And they don't actually pay YouTube for infrastructure costs via Patreon either. And as many competitors to YouTube (one I worked for myself) found out, carrying video is very expensive.

pydry 3y ago
If you're very very popular you can live off ads. Theyre the ones who can negotiate bigger cuts. Otherwise no. A lot of the content creators I watch are demonetized but google still runs ads. I try to support them directly - morally speaking I think it's the right thing to do to stand up against both hard and soft censorship. If you're in the mood to donate to Google's profit margins feel free though. They do have an expensive lawsuit to fight against accusations of being an abusive monopolist and I'm sure they could use your cash to help out.