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dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 days agoI’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.
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.
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.
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.