Sometimes it ain't about the revenue stream.
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 13 hours agoNot after you lose your channel and all your income. PeerTube doesn’t appeal to people who make a living at this because there’s no revenue stream.
socialsecurity@piefed.social 11 hours ago
AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Except for these people, it almost definitely is. They have staff, an office, inventory to manage, etc. Most YouTubers nowadays aren't just operating on their own, and thus have financial expenses outside of just paying themselves for their own labor, that can't just keep going if their revenue stream goes down, or even just takes a large enough cut.
It's unfortunate, but that's just how a lot of the content creation industry works right now, especially on YouTube.
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 3 hours ago
It is if you are trying to fulfil the requirements from 2 comments above.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
GN is literally a sizable business, it absolutely is.
Mondez@lemdro.id 4 hours ago
If you are running a business then you should either toe the line with your platform provider or make sure you have alternatives in place to move away from them if you value full creative control.
zpiritual@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
What do you want people to buy food with. Welfare checks lol? Where would they get money to buy stuff for testing. They have an acoustic chamber that’s fairly expensive.
Revenue and professional channels are intimately linked and removing the revenue stream would open them up to bought reviews like heiLTT.
Mondez@lemdro.id 4 hours ago
Either way the creative control is compromised, just in different ways.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
there is revenue stream. liberapay is integrated, get your viewers to subscribe through there. they can donate any amount, literally.
then its also common that content creators cooperate with companies, mostly tech companies, to advertise their products. that can still be done on peertube. what they can’t anymore is to show generic ads for everyone every few minutes.