Comment on YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers
simplejack@lemmy.world 5 months agoI’d argue that there are a couple of studios that are still mostly focusing on making good content, not click bate.
Maybe I’m crazy, but I think YouTubers like MKBHD are generally playing it straight. Trying to stay on top by getting better and better content.
Although, these people tend to burnout eventually. They have to keep running a faster mile.
Brewchin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I definitely admire the integrity and the effort.
But, economically speaking, you get what you incentivise for: if you can game the system and get the click/eyeball ratio, then they’re going to do that.
simplejack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, I’m just saying that some exceptions break through. Some YouTubers make content that is so good that people outside of YouTube consistently share the shit out of it. They don’t need the click bate for the initial boost, they get the boost from sharing off the platform.
Kedly@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Patreon and Merch ALSO allow a lot of youtubers to survive without having ro rely on Monetization from Youtube