They don’t really make much from the YouTube ads though. You might make $2000 if your video hits a million views and chances are that money is going to be split between a crew of people. There is a reason you see all of them having their own does or their own merch or a long list of Patreon subscribers. If you actually want to pay the content creators, buy their stuff or subscribe to them via Patreon.
Comment on Youtube ads finally got me
13esq@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Unpopular opinion - The ads aren’t that long and content creators deserve to get paid.
I know that doesn’t answer your question but I don’t think a few seconds of ads is worth leaving a platform over.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 8 months ago
AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I remember when YouTube first came out. It wasn’t a “career” there were no content creators. People made and uploaded videos because they wanted to. Then ads appeared on channels that were monetised, they got a cut. This I was fine with. Now non monetised channels have ads everyone has ads
Black616Angel@feddit.de 8 months ago
Counteropinion:
The Ads are too many, disturb the experience a lot and the creators earn more through other means like patreon or merchandise.
And you acting like 2 unskippable 30 second ads before a 2 minute video is just “a few seconds” shows that you don’t watch YouTube a lot.
13esq@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I’ve had to watch a minute worth of ads for two minutes of video
I watch more YouTube than any other type of media.
I know I won’t convince you though.