For me, personally, I don’t really mind how YouTube and other streaming services split their earnings to creatives. If one service stints mine, consumer’s general experience, better to move somewhere similar.
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AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 1 year agoOnly one reason: supporting independent creators. Sure you could subscribe to someone’s Patreon but I watch videos from all over the place. I respect the work creators put into their videos.
That said, if I could increase the creator’s income cut to 100% and watch 50% less ads… YES PLEASE
Companion1666@lemmy.world 1 year ago
hiddengoat@kbin.social 1 year ago
For the price of YouTube premium you could support 14 different Patreons and that dollar would give each one of those creators several times more than YouTube ever will based on your viewing habits.
And let's not forget YouTube's built-in ways to avoid paying the creators on their site any more money than they absolutely have to.
Companion1666@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As an Asian, online subscriptions tend to be cheaper than US. Is my PHP159 ($3) can support 14 different Patreons?
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
by watching YT with Premium, I support far more than 14 creators. The difference per 1k views of normal vs premium views is a couple orders of magnitude
(Plus, I also pay about 100 bucks a month for various patreon creators)
lud@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Fucking hell, that’s a lot of money to give away each month. Good for you!