Comment on YouTube's ID Verification Has BEGUN!

• dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m all for using other things, but the reality is that YouTube has a de facto monopoly on video hosting on the internet. If you want reach on the internet, it’s YouTube or basically nothing. Therefore YouTube is the best place to get YouTube users upset at YouTube.

  Other companies which could compete with YouTube on scale host porn and choose not to make a “clean” version to compete.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is, however, a sulf-fulling prophecy. As long as people maintain that mentality the cycle can never be broken.

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    • dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Totally. It’s network effects, really. People will only leave if the content or people they follow leave. And right now there aren’t many good platforms which comparably pay creators based on watch time / play count of static media, so the creators won’t leave.

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The vast majority of people uploading to YT aren't (or weren't) looking to make money. They didn't even used to pay you anything. People make videos because they're creators and they like sharing things with the world.

        Aside from that YT only has 1 more revenue method than any other platform. There are a dozen other ways to monetize their content.

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• Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Where’s the piped link?

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  • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I wonder if people outside of piefed cant see the piped link that gets auto-added to every video: https://piefed.social/post/1136483/comment/7480038

    piped: https://piped.video/watch?v=mGnR3C8bVLA?rel=0

    It may or may not work depending if piped itself is working.

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    • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh neat, I had no idea piefed did that. Can confirm it’s not visible in thunder for Lemmy at least.

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      • mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oh interesting! Good to know thanks.

        I may have to add those in when I remember it.

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