It would be great to live in a world where everyone could make cool stuff without needing to get paid, but we don't. Monetization is why YouTube gained a community in the first place.

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ahepp 5 days ago | parent [-]

That simply isn’t true. YouTube had a huge community when it was just amateurs sharing videos for the love of the sport. Professional content creators didn’t come along until much later.

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rafram 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

And they stayed because they could get paid for it.

	▲	Eisenstein 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It can be argued whether it is better to have creators who make it their income to constantly produce content or to have a revolving door of amateurs who cut their teeth on video production in youtube and move on.

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whatevaa 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You can do that today too. Like a channel Airborne Entertainment, strapping a boat motor to a car. Dump engineering, just two dudes doing stupid shit.