The problem with things like Patreon is that nobody with an average income can afford to pay “only 5 dollars per month, 10 for premium membership” for each channel and podcaster they have subscribed to. It makes more sense to rather pay a flat fee for one or two streaming services (in my case Nebula and YT Premium) than 30 Patreon memberships.
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lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoPlatforms like Floatplane, Nebula, Patreon etc make it so easy to support creators outside of YouTube, while also giving creators a larger share of income compared to Adsense.
There’s YouTube Premium… but I don’t think I’m alone in not wanting to give Google a single cent of my hard earned cash
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’ve actually looked at these platforms as someone who has taken YouTube semi seriously in the past, and there are two major issues with them.
The first is, they don’t allow just anyone to upload video, you must already be an established creator. Second, there is no free access for viewers, meaning someone isn’t likely to share a link to your video with friends.
YouTube really does have a monopoly.
simonced@lemmy.one 2 months ago
I already have Pixel phones, they can already spy on me. No f’ing way I pay to remove enshitification. Also, they’ll increase the price regularly anyway. If they want ppl to pay, they could just paywall the whole thing, well see who’s left after that lol.