| ▲ | gloxkiqcza 5 days ago |
| I’m surprised they allow ads (sponsor segments) they get no cut from at all. |
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| ▲ | Sanzig 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Sponsorships are the primary way YouTube creators make money. There aren't many things that could knock YouTube off its near-monopoly market position, but banning sponsorships is definitely one. Creators would revolt. |
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| ▲ | izacus 5 days ago | parent [-] | | They pretty surely would not. | | |
| ▲ | xmprt 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Creators are already starting to build their own platforms for hosting videos and many of these are quite successful unlike prior iterations from 10 years ago. | | |
| ▲ | sebastiennight 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Do you have some examples? I am still a bit sore from my adventures as a creator on Viddler and Dailymotion. | | |
| ▲ | pyth0 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I would point to platforms like Curiosity Stream and Nebula, which are creator driven. Though I would not exactly call them Youtube replacements, as they are more just platforms designed for supporting specific creators more directly (akin to Patreon). These platforms are often advertised as in-video sponsorships, so going back to the original point, I do think creators would be very vocal if such ads were banned. | |
| ▲ | weberer 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Kick is one that's been poaching big names lately. I've also seen people starting to stream on X and Rumble. |
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| ▲ | realusername 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | They wouldn't have a choice, your average big youtube channel earns 95% of their revenue from sponsorship. It would either be trying a revolt or stop youtube. |
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| ▲ | anon1395 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Why would they not allow them? |
