I do not understand why creators feel the need to be exclusively on one platform. Simply crosspost the videos.
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toad31@lemmy.cif.su 2 weeks ago
He should be on PeerTube, anyways.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yarr@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
$$$ that’s why. YouTube gives the greatest return. If they post to multiple platforms, not only is it more work, but they then also subtract from the number of views they get on YouTube. It’s all about the $$$.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In their documentary GamersNexus stated that they would air it without advertisements if a certain treshold of funding was reached. I imagine Patreon, their store and other sources make GamersNexus more money than Youtube advertisement. And it is certainly not their only source.
yarr@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
If those other sources make more money and get more viewers, why did it start on YouTube?
kadup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That would defeat the entire purpose of sensationalist headlines and blowing up a Google search as a “deep investigation” which is this channel’s main source of attention.
They want the clicks on YouTube. Moving to PeerTube would be great if they just wanted the information to be out there, but that’s not their primary concern.
Laser@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I don’t think they’re sensationalist, they just don’t sugarcoat the industry bullshit. And believe it or not, they need to make money from this, it doesn’t pay itself. It’s like saying newspapers should be free, or else informing the people isn’t their primary concern.
“A farmer wants the money. Giving the good away for free would be great if they just wanted to feed people, but that’s not their primary concern.” Can even pay that game for nurses etc
kadup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
they just don’t sugarcoat
To the contrary, they massively inflate whatever they can find that will gather clicks.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Source of attention? By flying to another country and getting access to areas people never even knew? Lol wtf are you on about?
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Lemmy simps really hard for gamers nexus, even though they’re just a drama channel at this point.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Their bread and butter is hardware reviews and weekly news. No, they’re not a drama channel. Telling Linus to fuck off is a good idea regardless of views.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Simp spotted. Tech drama Jesus isn’t gonna like you more for defending him, he doesn’t even care that you exist.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Undeniably he gets more clicks for this. However, would you deny somebody their own soapbox when they’re getting fucked by the system? He is using his leverage to call out the bullshit DMCA system that YouTube has in place which allows anybody to fuck with anybody. And in this case he’s bringing to light a giant Goliath of a company Bloomberg for fucking with his few person team, and for YouTube for making it the default.
TBi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nah. He’d be better off on floatplane. I wonder why he isn’t… 🤔
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
LOL, the world may never know.
I’m still not sure which side of that whole thing i’m on. I know he’s less annoying than Linus. But even Billit labs seems to have less hate for LMG than he does :)
OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
Waaaay less money to be made there. Not saying he’s exclusively doing this for the money like the other reply, but we’re not talking about some solo guy making videos in his free time for fun. The man is running a business, needs money to make this videos happen, and to my knowledge this is his job.
Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Can someone explain me why creators cant do both?
Its in their interest to have a solid backup when youtube inevitably dies.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
this is speculation, but it’s possible that youtube don’t like it when large mainstream creators have backup platforms and will start cracking down.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
LOTS of big creators post their videos multiple places.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It’d be dangerous to his revenue stream.
If he reduces views on YT, the algo will recommend him less. His internal sponsors won’t pay more for the non YT content so he’ll just be gutting his own traffic if it takes off. Assuming he has disks around with all his finished content on it, he could stand it up later if he wanted, but it’s not like Peertube can host an unlimited amount of video for free. Someone is paying for those disks and for the transfer of those bits.
Ideally, he’d stand up his own PT and we’d share in watching his stuff and reduce costs Peer style. But he’s still going to be out a serious payment stream and the PT network can’t just perpetually bare the cost of his storage.
It’s like if LMG wanted to host their back catalog, we’d need peer tube hosts with a PB of storage sitting around ready to take his catalog.
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Linus has nowhere near a PB worth of content, between all of his channels.
OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
That’s definitely an option. It would be a good idea for him to do that, I think. But my main point is that losing YouTube would be devastating for GN regardless of whether or not they’re on peertube, and moving entirely to peertube isn’t really feasible for them
3abas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because they do actually do it for the money. It’s a job, and if they put the same content on a non monetized platform, they would drive they’re own viewers away from their own monetized platform = less money.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They can, Gardiner Bryant does, and Louis Rossmann uploads to Odyssee. Afaik, there’s nothing preventing a creator from doing that aside from time.
3abas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Initial setup is the only real time investment. Once you have the final edited video exported, uploading it to multiple platforms doesn’t take much more time. It does take away ad impressions from YouTube, though.