Memes

45754 readers

990 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1692

Me but ublock origin (literature.cafe)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

172 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

YouTube: Has ads and sells your data like every other online service

Also YouTube: Doesn't pay creators much to the point where creators often have in-video advertisements but expects audiences on the platform to pay for an adless experience

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's not really correct. While yes, ads don't pay great, this is generally the case, and maintaining servers with these amounts of data is really expensive. And with YouTube premium, actually, YouTubers get paid quite well. You can take a look at the LTT finances video. They make more money from premium than from YouTube ads, even though only a small fraction has it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Is LTT the rule or exception tho for that premium vs ads metric? LTT viewers are more on the nerdy side so more likely to have adblocking software. Not saying the data is wrong or anything, I just wonder how it fares on more general topics like cooking, fashion, travel etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not to that extent, no. You can argue that not all watchtime is equal and hence the distribution of youtube premium money shouldn't be proportional but otherwise its hard to argue.