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[–] zefiax@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

Ok? And? They aren't a charity and don't owe you free video hosting services.

EDIT: I find it hilarious that point out the fact that you aren't entitled to free hosting services is getting down voted. Lmao how old are the people here?

[–] Gork@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Dude they sell our data to advertisers and big data for profit. The least they can do is provide some services for us for the amount of analytics they collect from us on a daily basis.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

As someone who's actually worked in this industry, your data isn't enough to pay for video hosting services to the scale youtube provides. Youtube makes up a significant chunk of all network traffic in the world. It costs money.

[–] ttr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're a content creator, aren't you? 🤣

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No i am not. But I am happy to support actual content creators and the platform that they host on and gets them the most views because I spend more time on YT than I do on any other streaming platform.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But I am happy to support actual content creators and the platform that they host on and gets them the most views

It's too bad youtube doesn't do that, lol.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean that is objectively not true.

[–] Shrek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They pay content creators more than any other platform to my understanding. I think the exception is kik (kick?) The streaming platform.

[–] xts@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad you constantly have to be worried about dumb policy changes that can affect your older videos which can mean cutting off those revenue sources

Also I’ve never seen another platform that demonetizes content as much as YouTube does.

[–] Shrek@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Both very fair points. But, there is no other platform that even compares for real.

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