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Those content creators already make vastly more than I do... It's already not fair. I have no concern for them because of my ad block. @Soullioness @bbbhltz @nixCraft I’m happy with paying for good content but I’m not happy with Google disabling uBlock for power. It will make a (hopefully large) number of users not to use Chrome anymore.  @Soullioness @aes__ @davidd @nixCraft Per 1000 ad views, advertisers pay a rate to YT. YT then takes ~45% and the creator gets the rest. Length and subject influence the rate. Something like $1.50 to $30.00 USD per 1000 videos. So, in order to make big money, you do need to be *at least* a macro-influencer in a specific category, and make consistently long videos (>8 mins.) that have sponsors and are watched by people without adblockers. @Soullioness @aes__ @bbbhltz While the big creators do indeed make a lot of money, smaller ones do - in most cases - not.  @aes__ @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft Why should my computer catch a virus or I should watch 5 minute ads « to support creators »?  @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft It's always like that for jobs with high publicity (unless there are mafias involved, like the music label industry 🙃). @Natanox @Soullioness @davidd @nixCraft >"content creator" is a shitty word we can all agree on that  @Natanox @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft “Content Creators” who *base their livelihood* on predatory platforms like YT, Insta, etc are as much a problem as the platform itself. I respect artists/creators who live by Patreon etc instead of ad money. I have little to no respect for those who suckle the teet of enshittification. @owlchemist @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft That's short-sighted. While I agree many people with high follower counts on those platforms aren't there for any good reason (especially Instagram is a shithole), there are thousands of awesome creators on f.e. Youtube. You can't change a system or make people move to a better one without the very people inside it, at least the good ones who do resist the corruption to the best of their abilities. @Natanox @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd If one’s chosen job can’t exist without exploitation or predatory practices in the production chain, it should not exist. This does not include people who make their livelihood outside that system. And I understand *most* jobs in capitalism shouldn’t exist as they currently are.  @owlchemist @Natanox @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft now if only patreon, specifically, weren't itself so enshittified...
@owlchemist @Natanox @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft ad creators are artists creators? @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft the joke is if you pay for YT Premium you still get ads in the content as the creators have sponsorship and in video ads. If YT blocked ALL ads in content then maybe it would be worth paying for @Soullioness @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft I'll stick to Firefox. @jadugar63 @Soullioness @davidd @nixCraft you mean that message about NordVPN wasn't just for me? Dang. By the way, this entire thread is sponsored by Nebula.  Few things in life are more useless than You Tube “celebrities.” Well, BTS and all its offshoots, too. @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft There's 'supporting creators' and 'wasting time'. The latter comes in a form of playing overly long and highly jarring ad, that on the first watch makes me angry, on the consecutive repeats makes me make a vow to never buy their product. I don't get how hard it is to make ads where the #ux isn't close to using a coarse sandpaper as TP. @aamurusko79 @bbbhltz @davidd @nixCraft i suspect the design is to make it highly unpredictable and for the ad to appear just as you want to stick around to watch the thing you wanted to watch, instead of being able and mentally prepared to take the time to go to the bathroom, grab a snack, etc. the way people did with TV
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users block ads on YT and content creators need to be paid
companies pay Google to sponsor ads on search results, nobody is clicking them anymore, companies stop paying Google
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