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Let’s be clear : how YouTubers will survive without ads money on another platform ?
Isn't most of their incomes from sponsorship? What YouTube offers is a large audience that makes sponsorship valuable to advertisers.
Some people have managed to diversify their income, but a hefty chunk still comes from ad money. That income is also wildly unpredictable, so it really makes economic sense to diversify. Being entirely dependent on a single source puts your business in a very precarious position. If your company fails as a result, it’s just bad strategy. On the other hand, you could also blame YT for being unpredictable, wild and turbulent.
The way I see it, the core of the problem is economic. Making videos takes money. Storage and bandwidth cost something too, so doing this on a small scale won’t make much sense.
There are a few medium scale platforms like Nebula, and they seem to be doing just fine. IMO those platforms are the way to go.
Probably like most opensource developers begging for donations and having a regular job somewhere.
Yes, maybe. Or certainly sticking to YT where the money is, and that’s a bit sad.
To play devil's advocate, I could argue the monetization of YouTube has lead to all of the quirks of the platform people like us hate.
The list goes on.
Although I agree there should at least be some way for creators to recoup the expenses they put towards producing videos. An ad-free patreon style donation system seems the most practical and balanced from what Ive experienced.