• mild_deviation@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    YouTube is a business with a clearly-defined business model, precisely-tracked direct metrics, and automation up the wazoo. Not a government taking taxes and dealing with human elements for which there are very few direct metrics. They can pay creators based on watch hours or some other usage metric.

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      1 year ago

      What I mean is that paying for YouTube premium is a very indirect and inefficient way to support your preferred content creator.

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        1 year ago

        But my preferred content creator could not exist without YouTube and YouTube shoulders the enormous expense of hosting videos. I don’t get why they should not get compensated for that as well.