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To add to your comment, I don’t understand the hate for YouTube. People go on their and post entire how to videos on all sorts of topics. I’ve learned how to code, how to use Linux, how to install flooring, how to 3D model using Fusion360, how some electronics work, how to fix my broken down car, etc. Because of the creators, YouTube has been such a valuable source of information that it’s almost offensive when I hear other people complaining about having to watch ads or pay for premium. There’s no paywall for the info, it’s accessible to anyone with an internet connection. There’s a lot of low quality clickbait on YouTube but if you avoid it, YouTube is amazing

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Ganbat@lemmyonline.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

YouTube will probably slowly try and squeeze revenue out of its creators and/or users

Someone hasn’t been paying attention for the last ten years. I still remember a time when creators didn’t have to tiptoe around topica in a vain attempt to avoid having their revenue ripped away from them.

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- a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Point taken. I should have said something along the lines of:
  
  probably continue to squeeze more and more revenue…
  
  YouTube isn’t innocent in this but I think a lot of that censorship has been brought on by sociopolitical changes in the last ten years. The further extremes on each side have gotten louder and social platforms are being used to spread their ideas. YouTube is caught in the crossfire on that and instead of doing the right thing, they just censor everyone
  
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Cringe2793@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yes but all this knowledge is from the creators, not Google or YouTube. I don’t mind paying the creators through direct donations or Patreon or whatever, but I will not pay for YouTube.

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- a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  but I will not pay for YouTube.
  
  I consider letting ads play or paying for a subscription ‘paying for YouTube’. So I’m curious as to why you wouldn’t?
  
  We obviously both agree that creators should be paid
  
  I think we can agree that YouTube should be paid something. They host the content, the replication, the back ups, and they provide a single location for viewers to aggregate which helps all creators find new viewers. That is expensive to do and is valuable for creators
  
  Is it the amount of ads they play, the amount they charge for premium, the revenue split doesn’t give enough to creators, or something else?
  
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  - Cringe2793@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s nothing so complicated. I just don’t want to. I feel like they earn enough money from collecting (and selling) my data. If they don’t, then they wouldn’t keep doing this.
    
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    a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Fair enough
    
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