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People always talk about these things as if they are mutually exclusive. In reality, there’s lot of opportunities that benefit all 3 of user, Google, and decis
by gretch 3y ago
People always talk about these things as if they are mutually exclusive.
In reality, there’s lot of opportunities that benefit all 3 of user, Google, and decision maker.
it’s kind of the fundamental principle of trade/business - that both sides can proper in a deal.
- uoaei 3y agoThat's nice in theory, but can you say that Google does things that actually achieve that trifecta?
- im3w1l 3y agoSure. It's just we tend to notice the tradeoffs and forget the win-wins. Every bug fixed and every performance improvement benefits all three.
- uoaei 3y ago> Every bug fixed and every performance improvement benefits all three. I'd love to think so, but the truth is that any platform, working correctly, disadvantages those who contribute most of the content. The platform owners earn money in ways that are always contrary to the interests of the content creators.
- scialex 3y agoYouTube, Google maps, Gmail ...
- uoaei 3y agoName a single YouTube content creator who is satisfied with that arrangement.
- gretch 3y agoHere's Tom Scott quoted on MKBHD's channel where he literally says "this is my dream job" https://youtu.be/GQAvce3MA44?si=deP0GG1hICPp9jr8&t=93 https://youtu.be/GQAvce3MA44?si=deP0GG1hICPp9jr8&t=93
- paulmd 3y agoshow me a “dream job” and I’ll show you an industry that is notorious for chewing up dreams and spitting them out game developer, musician, mangaka, streamer, etc
- stemlord 3y ago"Content creators" (assuming by that you mean those who are trying to make a living off the platform) are mostly irrelevant. Youtube's main source of revenue is ads which they serve regardless of whether the uploader is taking a cut from the upload or not. Most users have always and will continue to upload to and consume from youtube without the expectation of making money from the process. So, yes in general users have historically been more or less satisfied with the deal: watch ads, get free video platform.