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True, but no one is going to pay for content with production values barely above tiktok videos - which is what most of YouTube’s most famous content is.

Lots and lots and lots of people make bank “on youtube” because people sub to their patreons or buy their merch as a way to support the channel. I think you vastly underestimate what people are willing to spend on a creator whose community they feel apart of and whos content they like.

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I think you vastly underestimate what people are willing to spend on a creator whose community they feel apart of and whos content they like.

Is that creator YT? No?

Do they share most of premium’s revenue with said creators? I’m guessing the answer is “none”

If you want to support a relevant creator that’s your choice… but it’s highly unlikely that creator benefits from you going premium,

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- Lonnie123@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thats why I added in the bit of patreon and merch. The persons argument was that no one was going to pay for content that was cheap to make, which is patently absurd given the amount of people making a living off of merch/patreon type deals
  
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