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Could they just have uploaded these to YouTube and monetized there through ads? Might not go with their brand, but better than deleting!

paulddraper 2y ago
And not subscribe to Paramount+?!?
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  Isn't Paramount+ the hole that's sinking the ship in the first place?
  - paulddraper 2y ago
    Better fill it
oefrha 2y ago
You do realize YouTube is one of their main threats, and their main advantage over YouTube is higher quality? Giving treasure trove of quality content to YouTube in exchange for peanuts while shuttering their own, that would be a double whammy.
- aniforprez 2y ago
  As opposed to making zero money, having your content be pirated and not having an official archive? Putting it on YouTube with ads would have without a doubt been the better option here
  - oefrha 2y ago
    Yeah, as history has shown, fire sale of assets to competitor eating your lunch has been without a doubt a sound business strategy. /s In all seriousness, giving existing and potential customers more reasons to spend their time on YouTube is not good for their business.
- akira2501 2y ago
  It used to be that we had production and distribution strictly separated. Several administrations have been particularly cozy with the media industry, for obvious reasons, and have basically given away the space to entrenched industry players and then removed most of the rules. The idea that youtube should even be a threat to their content highlights one of the problems with this arrangement.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  Higher quality of what? Content? YouTube doesn't make any, it just hosts it. Of UX? None of the big streaming services have anything remotely comparable in quality to YouTube's player, and given it is what it is, that's saying something.
  - oefrha 2y ago
    > Content? YouTube doesn't make any, it just hosts it. That’s a meaningless distinction for consumers. YouTube has some content of good production value among a sea of crap. Giving it more professionally produced content only weakens the old guard.
- ajmurmann 2y ago
  Is it that different from Microsoft bringing their games to PlayStation and Sony bringing older games to PC. This would be the equivalent of making PS1 generation games available on PC.
swarnie 2y ago
Youtube Ad revenue isn't what it used to be.... Its why so many creators do "baked-in" ads, patron, merch and memberships. A channel i follow getting <500k views a week calls ad revenue a rounding error in the grand scheme of things now.
- seaal 2y ago
  One of my favorite food Youtuber Internet Shaquille just did an experiment where he released a short every day for a month and his AdSense revenue grew from $1500 to $7000 per month. Clearly Google is herding a lot of eyeballs and money over to Shorts to try and become a proper TikTok competitor. Would recommend the video where he digs into the experiment, https://youtu.be/uvu3SDigoMA https://youtu.be/uvu3SDigoMA

paulddraper 2y ago

And not subscribe to Paramount+?!?

TeMPOraL 2y ago
Isn't Paramount+ the hole that's sinking the ship in the first place?
- paulddraper 2y ago
  Better fill it

oefrha 2y ago

You do realize YouTube is one of their main threats, and their main advantage over YouTube is higher quality? Giving treasure trove of quality content to YouTube in exchange for peanuts while shuttering their own, that would be a double whammy.

aniforprez 2y ago
As opposed to making zero money, having your content be pirated and not having an official archive? Putting it on YouTube with ads would have without a doubt been the better option here
- oefrha 2y ago
  Yeah, as history has shown, fire sale of assets to competitor eating your lunch has been without a doubt a sound business strategy. /s In all seriousness, giving existing and potential customers more reasons to spend their time on YouTube is not good for their business.
akira2501 2y ago
It used to be that we had production and distribution strictly separated. Several administrations have been particularly cozy with the media industry, for obvious reasons, and have basically given away the space to entrenched industry players and then removed most of the rules. The idea that youtube should even be a threat to their content highlights one of the problems with this arrangement.
TeMPOraL 2y ago
Higher quality of what? Content? YouTube doesn't make any, it just hosts it. Of UX? None of the big streaming services have anything remotely comparable in quality to YouTube's player, and given it is what it is, that's saying something.
- oefrha 2y ago
  > Content? YouTube doesn't make any, it just hosts it. That’s a meaningless distinction for consumers. YouTube has some content of good production value among a sea of crap. Giving it more professionally produced content only weakens the old guard.
ajmurmann 2y ago
Is it that different from Microsoft bringing their games to PlayStation and Sony bringing older games to PC. This would be the equivalent of making PS1 generation games available on PC.

swarnie 2y ago

Youtube Ad revenue isn't what it used to be.... Its why so many creators do "baked-in" ads, patron, merch and memberships. A channel i follow getting <500k views a week calls ad revenue a rounding error in the grand scheme of things now.

seaal 2y ago
One of my favorite food Youtuber Internet Shaquille just did an experiment where he released a short every day for a month and his AdSense revenue grew from $1500 to $7000 per month. Clearly Google is herding a lot of eyeballs and money over to Shorts to try and become a proper TikTok competitor. Would recommend the video where he digs into the experiment, https://youtu.be/uvu3SDigoMA https://youtu.be/uvu3SDigoMA