Google's strangulating independent political media on Youtube

[SuperNova]

Ka-pi96 said:

SuperNova said:

Quality, frequency and diversity will drop drastically.Not everyone on Youtube is a PewDewPie, there are lots of interesting, insightful and valuable channels out there that barely scrape by on ad revenue as is, or while simoultaniously holding a part- or even full time job, that will not be able to afford eqipment, software licensing etc. to keep up their standarts and release videos frequently. This is how you starve a platform of creativity and diversity.

Why do youtubers not deserve to be payed for their full time jobs like everyone else anyways? The Notion that a Youtuber does not deserve to be payed, regardless of how much effort and labor they put into their channel, because it should be their passion id like saying a game developer does not deserve to be payed for creating games because they happen to like their job.

Because they're creating content that people aren't willing to pay for? Same as pretty much every profession you could possibly do. If people don't like the work you do they aren't going to want to pay you for it.

So they can A, earn their revenue a different way ie. directly from their audience, who unlike advertisers do like their content. B. Release their content on a different platform that has advertisers willing to pay for their content. Or C. Just accept that nobody is willing to pay for their content and either do something that people will pay for or just continue it as a hobby.

That's a big assumption to make, especially since a lot of creators DO finance themselves over the likes of Patreon. Also, if you have a show on youtube that pays well enough through advertisemets in the face of adblockers and decreased ad revenue you have demand. People pay you in views.

But some people might especially be drawn to the fact that youtube offers accessability for everyone with no pay walls attached simply because that kind of environment brees creativity. That does not mean they don't need money to survive. A lot of people also don't like the thought of 'e-begging' and 'milking their audience' (even though I personally don't neccissarily agree with that).

As for alternative platforms, there's none atm let's be honest.